Youngest and fastest ever! Vaibhav Sooryavanshi rewrites IPL history in another record-breaking day
Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continues his sensational IPL 2026 run, smashing 93 off 38 balls against LSG. He became the youngest to 500 runs and set a new strike rate record. Sooryavanshi also broke the Indian six-hitting record for a season, reaching 53.
His explosive innings powered Rajasthan's successful chase of 221.
NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi added another chapter to his extraordinary IPL 2026 season on Tuesday, smashing 93 off just 38 balls against Lucknow Super Giants in Jaipur and setting a string of records in a knock that further underlined his status as the breakout star of the tournament. At just 15, the Rajasthan opener has turned every outing into a record hunt, and his latest assault during a chase of 221 was no different. Although he fell agonisingly short of a second century this season, the teenager still walked away having reached and broken a remarkable list of milestones.
Youngest to 500 and fastest ever among the elite Sooryavanshi became the youngest player in IPL history to score 500 runs in a season, surpassing Rishabh Pant, who had set the previous mark as a 20-year-old for Delhi in 2018. He now has 574 runs in IPL 2026, and more impressively, has done so at a strike rate of 236. 3 — the highest ever for a batter in an IPL season with 500-plus runs.
That number places him comfortably above some of the most explosive campaigns in league history, including Andre Russell’s 204. 8 in 2019 and Abhishek Sharma’s 202. 0 this season.