IPL 2025: In the Indian Premier League on Monday, April 28, 14 -year -old Vaibhav Suryavanshi played like a storm in the match played between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans. This young batsman from Bihar made history by scoring a century in just 35 balls. He has become the first player to score a stormy century at such a young age. Rajasthan defeated Gujarat by 8 wickets thanks to his century innings. Gujarat had given a target of 210 runs.
Vaibhav has come second in the list of fastest century scorers in IPL history. Ahead of him is only West Indies veteran Chris Gayle, who scored a century in just 30 balls against Pune Warriors in 2013 by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The third place in this list is Yusuf Pathan, who scored a century in 37 balls against the Rajasthan Royals in 2010 against the Rajasthan Royals. In 2013, David Miller scored a century in 38 balls from Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Vaibhav scored this century at the age of just 14 years 32 days. That is, the record of scoring T20 century at the youngest is now the name of Vaibhav. Earlier this record was in the name of Vijay Jhol, who scored a century against Mumbai in 2013 at the age of 18 years 118 days. Bangladesh's Parvez Hussain Iman scored a century at the age of 18 years 179 days in 2020, while Gustav Macke of France scored a century against Switzerland at the age of 18 years 280 days in 2022.
Vaibhav also faced just 17 balls to score a half -century. During this time Vaibhav hit 3 fours and 6 sixes. Vaibhav scored a half -century in 17 balls, the fastest half -century of the IPL season. At the same time, this was the second fastest half -century by Rajasthan Royals in the history of IPL. Apart from this, the record of scoring half -century in the IPL has also been recorded in the name of Vaibhav. Vaibhav has scored a half -century in the IPL at the age of 14 years 32 days. Earlier this record was in the name of Ryan Parag, who had scored a half -century at the age of 17 years 175 days.
