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At the age of just 15, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has done what no one could do in the last fourteen years. He played an inning of 97 runs in 29 balls in the eliminator match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. He missed the record of scoring the fastest century, but broke the record of hitting the most sixes in a season.
Chris Gayle hit 59 sixes in the 2012 season. Whereas in IPL 2026, Vaibhav Suryavanshi left him behind and created a historical record by hitting 65 sixes. Have you ever wondered where 15 year old Vaibhav gets the inspiration to hit big sixes in a fearless manner?
What is the secret of fearless style?
While talking to Geostar before the start of IPL 2026 season, Vaibhav Suryavanshi had described India’s legendary all-rounder Yuvraj Singh and West Indies’ great batsman Brian Lara as his idols.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi said – I used to watch both Yuvraj Singh and Brian Lara and how they used to win matches single-handedly. If he was at the crease, the opposing team had no chance of coming back in the match. This was the thing I liked best about him.
Vaibhav missed breaking the record of fastest century
In the eliminator match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Vaibhav Suryavanshi had a chance to score the fastest century in IPL history. The record for the fastest century is in the name of Chris Gayle, who completed his century in 30 balls against Pune Warriors in 2013.
In the match against SRH, Vaibhav had scored 97 runs in 27 balls. Vaibhav was raining sixes and had scored 29 runs in Praful Hinge’s over. But while trying to hit a six, Smaran Ravichandran was caught.
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The record of IPL’s fastest century kept breaking, Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 97 runs in 29 balls.