Chandigarh: There’s no stopping Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the 15-year-old from Bihar who has made a habit of leaving cricket lovers awestruck every time he goes out to bat.
His exploits in IPL 2026 has made cricket statisticians work overtime as the chubby-faced prodigy goes about shattering records like it’s his birthright.
The other day, Sooryavanshi plundered 97 off 33 deliveries at Dharamsala to eliminate Sunrisers Hyderabad and propel Rajasthan Royals to within a win of the final.
On Friday, Sooryavanshi missed another century by one stroke in Qualifier 2 versus Gujarat Titans, going for a glory shot off a Kagiso Rabada short ball only to offer an easy catch to deep thirdman fielder Prasidh Krishna. His 96 off 47 balls was comparatively slow by his standards, but it sent several more records tumbling.
LATEST LANDMARKS SET BY SOORYAVANSHI
* Became the first uncapped player to aggregate 700-plus runs in a single IPL season
* Youngest Orange cap holder with 776 runs in 16 innings at a strike rate of 237.30
* Fastest to reach 1000 runs in the IPL in terms of number of balls faced. He took just 440 balls, which is 105 balls less than former record-holder Andre Russell (545 deliveries)
* Most runs in power play in an IPL edition – Sooryavanshi has so far amassed 521 runs in the first 6 overs at a strike rate of 233.63. He left behind — David Warner (467 power play runs in 2016, SR 150.16); Travis Head (402 runs in 2024, SR 208.29); Sai Sudharsan (402 runs in 2025, SR 155.81); Adam Gilchrist (382 runs in 2009, SR 165.36).
