Vaibhav Suryavanshi smashes fastest century in history of Youth ODIs during ENG vs IND U-19 match
Vaibhav Suryavanshi smashed the record for the fastest hundred in Men’s Youth ODIs during the fourth game of a five-match series between England U-19 and India U-19 in Worcester on Saturday.
Suryavanshi reached his century off 52 balls to break the previous record of 53 balls, held by Pakistan’s Kamram Ghulam. The left-hander struck 10 fours and seven sixes during his fiery knock.
Last year, the 14-year-old had stuck the second-fastest hundred in Men’s Youth Tests against Australia U-19 in Chennai. He had reached the three-figure mark off just 56 balls to sit behind only Moeen Ali of England, who had smashed 56-ball ton back in 2005.
Suryavanshi is coming off a breakthrough Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign with Rajasthan Royals, during which he became the youngest player to score a century in the tournament’s history, at the tender age of 14 years and 32 days. With his 35-ball century in that game against Gujarat Titans in Jaipur, he also became the second-fastest player to reach the three-figure mark in IPL history.
Suryavanshi has been in scorching form in the ongoing five-match Youth ODI series against England. In the previous game, he blitzed his way to a 20-ball half-century—the second-fastest in Youth ODIs by an Indian. He was eventually dismissed for 86 off 31 balls as India registered a comfortable four-wicket win to take a 2-1 series lead.
