Vaibhav Suryavanshi, only 14 years old, rose to fame during the match between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans on Monday. He set a record as the fastest Indian to score a century in IPL history—just 35 balls. Yusuf Pathan’s 2010 record of 37 balls is now broken. Plus, he is the youngest player in IPL history to score a century, reaching that mark at 14 years and 32 days and breaking Manish Pandey’s record of 19 years and 253 days.
That was not all. Suryavanshi is now also the youngest ever to score a century in T20 cricket, bettering the record of 18-year-old Vijay Zol in 2013. His innings stand as the second-fastest century in IPL history, behind that of Chris Gayle’s 30-ball century.
In the fourth over of RR’s chase, he really took on Ishant Sharma, scoring 28 runs off him, which included three sixes and two fours. In the 10th over, he also took 30 runs off Karim Janat, who was making his debut. Earlier, he had made headlines by becoming the youngest to score a fifty in T20s.
Suryavanshi eventually lost his wicket for 101 runs in just 38 balls. On the other hand, Shubman Gill put on a show for the Titans, scoring 84 runs from 50 balls and helping to set up a strong total of 209 for 4. Gill hit 5 fours and 4 sixes and built a good partnership with Sai Sudharsan, who scored 39.
Buttler gave Titans a slight edge over the bowling lineup of RR, especially with his fifty in mere 26 balls with 4 sixes and 3 fours. Buttler displayed his skills moving the ball through the pace, punishing RR’s bowlers, who had a tough go with auction choices this season. Gill played smartly on the shorter boundary by leveraging some loose bowling from RR, displaying some great shots including a classic off-drive and mighty pull shots. After Sudharsan’s departure, Buttler continued his rampage, hammering 24 runs in an over from Wanindu Hasaranga.