Vaibhav Suryavanshi Smashes 36-Ball Century, Scripts One-Day Cricket History

At 14 years and 272 days, Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest to score a century in men’s List A cricket, achieving the feat on the opening day of the 2025-26 Vijay Hazare Trophy. This was just his seventh List A game, after debuting against Madhya Pradesh in December 2024.

Playing for Bihar against Arunachal Pradesh in a Plate League fixture in Ranchi, Suryavanshi got to his century – his first in senior cricket which wasn’t in a T20 game – off just 36 deliveries. He went on to score the fastest 150 in men’s List A cricket, off 59 balls. He was eventually dismissed for an 84-ball 190, which included 16 fours and 15 sixes.

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Vaibhav Suryavanshi who is in line to feature in India’s Under-19 World Cup campaign in Zimbabwe and Namibia in January-February 2026, slammed a 95-ball 171 earlier this month at the T20 Under-19 Asia Cup in UAE. During that innings, he fell just six short of Ambati Rayudu’s long-standing India record score in youth one-dayers – the 177 against England in Taunton back in 2002.

In 15 youth ODIs, Vaibhav Suryavanshi averaged 51.13, with two centuries and three half-centuries, at an impressive strike rate of 158.79.

Last month in Doha, Suryavanshi smashed the joint-third fastest century by an Indian in men’s T20, when he hit a 42-ball 144 against the UAE at the Rising Stars Asia Cup. He had got to his century off 32 deliveries that day, in the process recording the joint-sixth-fastest century in all men’s T20s.

Hot on the heels of that tournament, Vaibhav Suryavanshi also became the youngest century-maker in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy when he scored an unbeaten 61-ball 108 against Maharashtra earlier this month in Kolkata.

Suryavanshi had a breakthrough year in 2025. After becoming the youngest pick in an IPL auction at 13, he became the youngest to smash an IPL century, for Rajasthan Royals (101 off 38 balls) against Gujarat Titans. Suryavanshi featured in seven games in IPL 2025, hitting 252 runs at a strike rate of 206.55.

Since the IPL, Suryavanshi has gone on to hit centuries in the youth fixtures England and Australia; the tour of England was particularly productive as he amassed 355 runs at a strike rate of 174.01.

It’s likely that Vaibhav Suryavanshi will only be available for the first few games of the Vijay Hazare Trophy before he joins the India Under-19 squad for a conditioning camp in Bengaluru prior to the team’s departure to Zimbabwe for the World Cup starting January 15.

14-year-old batting prodigy, Vaibhav Suryavanshi,

put the heartbreak of defeat in the Under-19 Asia Cup final against Pakistan behind him to script history in the Vijay Hazare Trophy opener between Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh. Vaibhav Suryavanshi who failed to fire for India in the U19 Asia Cup final, went berserk from the word go, smashing Arunachal Pradesh bowlers all over the park on Wednesday. Suryavanshi reached the triple-digit score in just 36 balls, courtesy 10 fours and 8 sixes. The milestone puts him second in the list of fastest hundreds in List A cricket among Indians. At the age of 14 years, 272 days, Suryavanshi also became the youngest to hit a century in men’s List A cricket.

The record for scoring the fastest century in List A cricket by an Indian belongs to Anmolpreet Singh, who accomplished this feat for Punjab against Arunachal Pradesh in the 2024-25 season. The global record belongs to Australia’s Jake Fraser-McGurk, who hit a 29-ball hundred for South Australia in the 2023-24 match against Tasmania. Suryavanshi then went on to score 150 in only 54 deliveries, hence breaking South Africa legend AB de Villiers’ world record (64 balls), reaching the landmark in the fastest time.

Fastest hundreds in list A cricket history:

29 balls: Jake Fraser-McGurk (South Australia v Tasmania, 2023)

31 balls: AB de Villiers (South Africa vs West Indies, 2015)

35 Balls: Anmolpreet Singh (Punjab vs Arunachal Pradesh, 2024)

36 balls: Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Bihar vs Arunachal Pradesh, 2025)

36 balls: Corey Anderson (New Zealand vs West Indies, 2014)

36 balls: Graham Rose (Somerset vs Devon, 1990)

37 Balls: Shahid Afridi (Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, 1996)

40 balls: Glenn Maxwell (Australia vs Netherlands, 2023)

40 Balls: Yusuf Pathan (Baroda vs Maharashtra, 2010)

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, A Record-Breaking Machine

Since the start of his career, the 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi has gone on to break several records in age-group cricket. His historic Vijay Hazare Trophy ton follows a prolific 2025 domestic season where he also smashed a 61-ball century against Maharashtra in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, proving his mettle in the senior T20s.

Beyond white-ball cricket, he holds the record for fastest Youth Test century by an Indian (a 58-ball ton against Australia U-19) and became the youngest debutant in Ranji Trophy history for Bihar at just 12 years and 284 days, breaking records previously held by icons like Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh.

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14-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has stolen the limelight, overshadowing even the return of stars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, as Vijay Hazare Trophy got off to a stunning start on Wednesday. Representing Bihar, the prodigy smashed a blistering 36-ball century against Arunachal Pradesh, becoming the youngest player in List-A cricket history to reach triple figures.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi has captured spotlight ever since he came into prominence through his dashing performances. At just 14 years and 272 days, he has now become the youngest batsman in Men’s List A cricket to score a century. Suryavanshi achieved the milestone on the opening day of Vijay Hazare Trophy playing against Arunachal Pradesh in Ranchi. Remarkably, this came in only his seventh List A match, after making his debut against Madhya Pradesh in December 2024.

He continued his knock and became the fastest to score 150 in Men’s List A history as he achieved the milestone in just 59 balls. His innings ended at the score of 190, just 10 runs short of his double century.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been performing consistently in almost every match he plays, in the U19 Asia Cup he scored a dashing knock of 171 runs off 95 balls in the match against UAE. Across 15 youth ODIs, Suryavanshi boosts an average of 51.13 with two centuries and three fifties and a strike rate of 158.79.

In Doha this year, he scored 144 runs off 42 balls against UAE at the Rising Stars Asia Cup where he smashed a century in just 32 balls. In Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy he again became the youngest century-maker as he scored 108 off 61 balls against Maharashtra.

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In IPL 2025 Vaibhav Suryavanshi , he was given a chance to make a debut for Rajasthan Royals where he once again etched a new record – becoming the youngest IPL centurion for RR. He scored 101 off 38 balls against Gujarat Titans. and in seven IPL games, he scored 252 runs at a staggering strike rate of 206.55.

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