IPL: 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi becomes youngest to score T20 century

Dubai: Indian youngster Vaibhav Suryavanshi, playing for Rajasthan Royals, hogged the limelight in Jaipur as he became the youngest ever to score a T20 century at just 14 years and 32 days.

Batting against Gujarat Titans, the left-handed batter scored 101 off just 38 balls as Rajasthan Royals successfully chased a target of 210 to register a huge 8-wicket win. His brutal innings was studded with seven fours and 11 sixes.

Suryavanshi was recently in news when he became the youngest player to play in the IPL.

Vijay Zol of Maharashtra was the previous youngster to score a century at 18 years and 118 days against Mumbai in an Indian domestic match in 2013.

This is also the seventh-fastest century in T20 cricket, with the fastest one belonging to Sahil Chauhan of Estonia against Cyprus in 2024, coming in just 27 balls.

Suryavanshi also reached his fifty in just 17 balls, the fifth-fastest in league history, making him the youngest ever to score an IPL fifty.

Also, the 166-run stand between Vaibhav and Yashasvi Jaiswal is the highest partnership for any wicket for Rajasthan Royals, surpassing 155 by Jos Buttler & Devdutt Padikkal against DC at the Wankhede in 2022.

Vaibhav, who kickstarted his IPL career by slamming a sixer against Shardul Thakur on his very first ball in the competition, has now made 151 runs in three matches at an average of 75.50 and a strike rate of 222.05, with the best score of 101 not out.

Biggest surprises

During the IPL mega-auction last year, one of the biggest surprises that emerged was Suryavanshi becoming a Royal for Rs 1.1 crore. Born on March 27, 2011, in Bihar, Vaibhav is the youngest player on the list. He made his first-class debut for Bihar in January 2024 at just 12 years and 284 days old. Last year, he was part of India U19's match against Australia in Chennai, where he smashed a 58-ball century.

He also made his T20 debut for Bihar during the SMAT 2024 tournament, though he could not score much in his only outing. He was also the seventh-highest run-getter in the ACC Under 19 Asia Cup 2024-25. He scored 176 runs in 5 matches in the tournament with a highest score of 76*.

Coming to the match, GT was put to bat first by RR and half-centuries from skipper Shubman Gill (84 in 50 balls, with five fours and four sixes) and Jos Buttler (50* in 26 balls, with three fours and four sixes) were the top knocks as GT reached 209/4 in 20 overs, with Maheesh Theekshana (2/35) being the top bowler for RR.

With inputs from agencies