Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has done it yet again! For the third time in the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026), the 15-year-old has scored a 15-ball half-century. More than that, he has scored a 36-ball century – his second in the league. This marks the third fastest hundred in the IPL. His latest whirlwind knock came in the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Jaipur on Saturday. With this knock, Sooryvanshi also becomes the fastest player to get to 1000 runs in terms of balls faced, as he continues to build his legacy and shadow seniors.
Sooryavanshi slams 2nd IPL hundred
On Saturday, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi once again took just 15 deliveries to breach the fifty-run mark, and he did so in style as he slammed a maximum off Sakib Hussain in the final over of the powerplay to get to the milestone. He then went on to add another fifty runs to his tally and score his 2nd IPL hundred off the next 21 balls.
Previously, he had scored 15-ball half-centuries against CSK and RCB in IPL 2026. Sooryavanshi finished with 103 runs from 37 balls, having struck 5 fours and 12 sixes at a strike rate of 278.37. Sooryavanshi’s century is the fifth in this IPL 2026 season, with Sanju Samson scoring 2, Tilak Varma and Abhishek Sharma slamming one each, and now Vaibhav joining the list.
Fastest hundreds in IPL history
| Balls Taken | Player | Opponent | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Chris Gayle | PWI | 2013 |
| 35 | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | GT | 2025 |
| 36 | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | SRH | 2026 |
Sooryavanshi has become the fastest batter to reach 1000 runs in T20s in terms of balls faced. He has overtaken Mitchell Owen, who took 533 balls to reach the milestone, while the 15-year-old has taken just 473 balls to do so.
| Balls Taken | Player Name |
|---|---|
| 473 | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi |
| 533 | Mitchell Owen |
| 558 | Andrew Symonds |
| 570 | Ashutosh Sharma |
| 573 | Finn Allen |
Sooryavanshi has also made it to the list of batters who have taken the fewest 20 innings to make it to 1000 runs in the format.
| Innings | Player Name |
|---|---|
| 23 | Brad Hodge |
| 23 | Shaun Marsh |
| 24 | Matthew Hayden |
| 25 | Devdutt Padikkal |
| 26 | Phillip Hughes |
| 26 | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi* |
Sooryavanshi’s red-hot form continues in IPL 2026 as well, after a successful campaign in the Under-19 World Cup, where he delivered a match-winning performance in the final. In the 7 IPL 2026 games that he has played so far, the 15-year-old has registered scores of 52, 31, 39, 78, 0, 46, and 8.
Sooryavanshi made his IPL debut last year after being bought for Rs 1.10 crore. He was 13-years-old at the time of being bought by RR in the mega auction, which was based on his solid performances for India in the age-group category. In his very first IPL season, he sizzled with 252 runs from 7 matches, including a 101-run knock.
