‘Dimaag me kuch nahi chalta’: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi reveals his pre-match routine | Watch
Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest player to reach 500 IPL runs, achieving the milestone in just 227 balls. Despite a quiet 8 runs against Lucknow Super Giants, his record-breaking feat and admission of watching cartoons before matches captivated fans. Rajasthan Royals secured a 40-run victory, with Ravindra Jadeja earning Player of the Match.
NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continues to be one of the most fascinating stories of IPL 2026 — a 15-year-old who watches cartoons before matches and then goes out to break records on the big stage. A subdued outing with the bat could not stop the teenage sensation from scripting history as Rajasthan Royals defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 40 runs in Lucknow on Wednesday. Sooryavanshi managed just 8 off 11 balls, but his brief stay was enough to etch his name into the record books.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! At just 15 years and 26 days, he became the youngest player ever to reach 500 IPL runs , surpassing Prithvi Shaw.
He also became the fastest to the milestone by balls faced, getting there in just 227 deliveries — bettering the previous mark held by Glenn Maxwell. Despite the lean outing, Sooryavanshi remains Rajasthan Royals’ top-scorer this season with 254 runs. Remarkably, he has already smashed two half-centuries, both coming off just 15 balls — making them the joint third-fastest fifties in IPL history.
Cartoon talks, cricket dominance However, it was his light-hearted post-match interaction that truly captured fans’ imagination. Asked about his mindset at an age when most kids are glued to cartoons, Sooryavanshi responded with disarming honesty. “Dimaag me kuch nahi chalta hai.