“No Fear”: Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s first response after becoming the youngest T20 Centurion in the world in RR vs. GT

Wonderkid Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 14 -year -old from Samastipur, Bihar, ensured that he would become a domestic name in India after achieving a rare feat of rare feat in world cricket. In an IPL 2025 match in Jaipur on Monday, Vaibhav Suryavanshi is now the second fastest Centurion in the IPL after 30-west knock for RCB in IPL and the fastest for any Indian. When the other 14-year-old children are busy completing the assignments of a cross country middle school and secretly tampering for a playstation session, the left-handed Suryavanshi, just standing up and distributed against a collective experience of 141 tests against Indian bowlers Ishant Sharma and Mohammad Siraj.

“This is a very good feeling. This is my first hundred in the IPL and this is my third innings. The result is shown here after practice before the tournament. I just look and play the ball. It is good to bat with Jaiswal, he tells me what he has to do. He said after the match winning.

Vaibhav arrived in its centenary in 35 balls, the second fastest century in the history of IPL, which is now below the 30-goal of Chris Gayle against Pune Warriors India for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in 2013. Webv is also the fastest Indian for a century in the IPL.

At the age of 14 years and 32 days, the left -handed player is the youngest player to score a century in T20 cricket history to overtake Vijay Zol, which was 18 years and 118 days in the century for Maharashtra against Mumbai in 2013.

It is also the seventh fastest century in T20 cricket, with the fastest related to Sahil Chauhan of Estonia against Cyprus in 2024, coming in just 27 balls.

Suryavanshi also reached its fifty in only 17 balls, the fifth fastest in league history, the youngest to score an IPL fifty.

In addition, the 166 -run stand between Vaibhav and Yashasvi Jaiswal is the highest partnership for any wicket for Rajasthan Royals, crossing 155 against DC in Wankhedi in 2022 by Jose Butler and Devdutt Padikkal.

Vaibhav, who kicked his IPL career by hitting a six against Shardul Thakur on his first ball in the competition, has now scored an average of 75.50 in three matches with an average of 151 runs and a strike rate of 222.05 with the best score of 101*.

Last year, during the IPL mega auction, the biggest surprise that emerged, Suryavanshi became royal for Rs 1.1 crore. Born on March 27, 2011 in Bihar, Vaibhav is the youngest player in the list. He started his first class for Bihar in January 2024 at the age of only 12 years and 284 days. Last year, he was part of the India U19 match against Australia in Chennai, where he broke the 58 -ball centenary.

He also made his T20 debut for Bihar during the SMAT 2024 tournament, although he could not score much in his only outing. He was also the seventh tallest run-goldter in the ACC under the 19 Asia Cup 2024-25. He scored 176 runs in 5 matches in the tournament and with a highest score of 76*.

Annie and PTI with input