Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: In IPL 2026, 15 year old star batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi is continuously wreaking havoc with the bat. However, despite batting stormily in the match against Punjab Kings, Vaibhav could not score a half-century. He remained just 7 runs away from his half-century. Still Vaibhav managed to create a new history in IPL. In the match played at Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh, Vaibhav took a dig at the Punjab bowlers. He scored a lot of boundaries in the powerplay. In this way a great achievement was achieved.
Scored 43 runs in 16 balls
Opening the innings of Rajasthan Royals, Suryavanshi scored 43 runs in just 16 balls. In this explosive innings, he took 5 wickets and 3 fours. The young left-handed batsman attacked bowlers like Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson and Marco Janssen fiercely. During this inning of 43 runs, Suryavanshi made a big record in his name. He completed 400 runs in this season. Vaibhav has become the batsman to score 400 runs in the fewest balls in an IPL season. He broke Andre Russell’s 7 year old record.
Players who scored 400 runs in the fewest balls in the IPL season
- 167 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (2026)
- 188 – Andre Russell (2019)
- 195 – Abhishek Sharma (2024)
- 197 – Nicholas Pooran (2025)
- 200 – Glenn Maxwell (2014)
Gave a stormy start to the team
Chasing the big target of 223 runs, Suryavanshi gave a blazing start to Rajasthan. He scored 15 runs in the very first over, then scored 17 runs in Lockie Ferguson’s over. Rajasthan’s score reached 50 in just 3.1 overs. However, he was out for 43 when he played a low full toss into the hands of Shreyas Iyer at mid-off.
Earlier, Punjab Kings, batting first, scored a big score of 222/4. Marcus Stoinis played the most important role in this. He scored unbeaten 62 runs in just 22 balls, which included 6 sixes and 4 fours. However, in Punjab’s top order, Prabhsimran Singh (59), Priyansh Arya (29) and Cooper Connolly (30) gave good starts, but could not play big innings. In the end, Stoinis took the team’s score to 222 runs. In response, Rajasthan achieved the target of 223 runs in 19.2 overs.
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