Vaibhav Sooryavanshi creats world record with fastest 'Century'

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi once again grabbed the spotlight in IPL 2026 after scripting a sensational world record during Rajasthan Royal's clash against Gujarat Titans in Jaipur on Saturday. The 15-year-old prodigy became the youngest cricketer in history to smash 100 T20 sixes before turning 20 years old. He also broke the record for the fastest player to reach the milestone in terms of balls faced, needing only 514 deliveries to get there and surpassing Keiron Pollard’s longstanding mark of 843 balls. Sooryavanshi scored 36 in 16 balls. His innings included three sixes and three fours. All his three sixes came in the powerplay. Sooryavanshi now holds the record for most sixes in the powerplay in an IPL season. Facing Md Siraj, Sooryavanshi launched the very first ball he faced for a huge six over  long-on, showing absolutely no regard for reputation or pressure despite RR chasing a massive 230-run target.

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Fifties from captain Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan, along with a late flourish from Washington Sundar, guided Gujarat Titans (GT) to 229/4 in 20 overs against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their Indian Premier League match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday. Put in to bat by RR's stand-in captain Yashasvi Jaiswal--stepping in for the injured Riyan Parag--the Titans were propelled to a 200+ total by fifties from captain Gill (84 off 44 balls), Sudharsan (55 off 36 balls) and a late cameo of 37* off 20 balls from Sundar.