Vaibhav Suryavanshi broke many records. (Photo- PTI)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi In IPL 2026: In the eliminator match of IPL 2026, Rajasthan Royals' 15-year-old sensational batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi played an innings full of records. Against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he played a explosive inning of 97 runs in just 29 balls, which included 5 fours and 12 sixes. During this period, his strike rate was 334.48, but he remained 3 runs away from his century. However, during this innings, Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his place in many special lists.
During this innings, Vaibhav Suryavanshi touched the figure of 50 runs in just 16 balls, which is the record of the fastest fifty in the IPL playoffs. Apart from him, only Suresh Raina has been able to accomplish this feat.
Fast. Faster. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 🔥
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At the same time, with a strike rate of 300+, he has gone ahead in terms of most number of 50+ runs. He has done this for the third time. No, Nicholas Pooran and Jake Fraser-McGurk have done this twice each. At the same time, by hitting 12 sixes in this innings, he also made the record of hitting most sixes in an IPL playoff innings.
1️⃣2️⃣ massive sixes in a 29-ball stay 🤯
From Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 👏
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The special thing was that Vaibhav hit 8 out of these 12 sixes during the powerplay, which is also the record for hitting the most sixes in an innings in the powerplay in IPL. At the same time, he has now scored 680 runs in IPL 2026. He has gone ahead in the race for Orange Cap. Along with this, he has also become the highest run scorer as an uncapped batsman in an IPL season.
A 15-year-old just broke Chris Gayle's record 🤯
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is truly special 🩷
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In IPL 2026, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has hit 55 fours and 65 sixes to score 680 runs. That means, out of 680, 610 runs have come only from fours and sixes, which is 89.7% of his total runs. Generally, it is very rare for a player to score almost 90 percent of his runs with fours and sixes.
