Suryavanshi Scores Joint-Third Fastest Men’s T20 Century by an Indian at 14

Vaibhav Suryavanshi Makes History with Joint-Third Fastest Men’s T20 Century

Teen sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi continued to smash records as he blazed 144 off just 42 deliveries in India A’s opening game in the Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 against UAE.

His century, coming off just 32 balls, was the joint-third fastest by an Indian in men’s T20s. Urvil Patel for Gujarat and Abhishek Sharma for Punjab scored centuries off 28 balls in the 2024 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, while Rishabh Pant had also scored a century off 32 balls for Delhi in 2018.

Records Broken

• Suryavanshi’s century is the joint-sixth fastest in men’s T20s.
• His 144 was also the fourth-highest by an Indian in the format.
• Suryavanshi, at 14 years and 232 days, became the youngest man to score a hundred for a national representative team at senior level.

Suryavanshi was dropped first ball but made full use of his second life, hammering 11 fours and 15 sixes in his knock before getting out in the 13th over. He finished with a strike rate of 342.85, the fourth highest for a score of 100 or more in men’s T20s.

Post-Match Reaction

"It was just my natural game and it’s the T20 format so I wanted to back my own game," Suryavanshi said after his knock. "I was dropped first ball but I just thought I didn’t want to change my intent because we needed a big score on this ground. The wicket was good and the boundary was small. So I was trying to back my shots."

He credited his father for helping him stay focused during games. "Because of how he was strict with me since childhood. Earlier, I used to think why is he being so strict. But now I understand that the benefit of those things can be seen on the ground, that he didn’t let me get distracted and kept me focused on cricket and made sure that I keep working hard," Suryavanshi said.

India A’s Dominant Victory

India A raced to 297 for 4, the joint fifth-highest team total in men’s T20s, with captain Jitesh Sharma applying the finishing touches with an unbeaten 83 off 32 balls. That total proved 148 too many as UAE were restricted to 149 for 7, with left-arm quick Gurjapneet Singh picking up 3 for 18 in four overs.