Rajasthan Royals' (RR) young batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi created history against the Gujarat Titans (GT). He became the youngest batter ever to smash a century in T20s at the age of 14 years and 32 days. Vaibhav's hard-hitting knock came during RR's 10th clash of the tournament at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Suryavanshi brought up his whirlwind century off only 35 balls with a whopping 11 sixes and seven fours, recording the second fastest century in the history of IPL. He was finally out for 101 off 37 balls. His stunning knock came against IPL 2022 winners Gujarat Titans, who had set a target of 210 for the Rajasthan Royals to win.
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Fastest IPL 100s (by balls)
30 Chris Gayle RCB vs PWI Bengaluru 2013
35 Vaibhav Suryavanshi RR vs GT Jaipur 2024
37 Yusuf Pathan RR vs MI Mumbai 2010
38 David Miller PBKS vs RCB Mohali 2013
The record of fastest century in IPL belongs to former West Indies batter Chris Gayle, who had brought up his triple figure mark in 30 balls for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Pune Warriors in April 2013.
Youngest to score a T20 century
14y 32d Vaibhav Suryavanshi RR vs GT 2024
18y 118d Vijay Zol Maharahtra vs Mumbai 2013
18y 179d Pervez Hossain Emon Barishal vs Rajshahi 2020
187 280d Gustav McKeon France vs Switzerland 2022
Earlier, after being asked to bat, GT skipper Shubman Gill's 50-ball-84 knock helped the Gujarat-based franchise to score 209 for 4 against RR. The GT captain scored his fourth half-century with help of five fours and four sixes, adding 93 for the opening stand with an in-form Sai Sudharsan (39 off 30 balls). Gill looked set for his fifth IPL hundred but was holed out in the deep off Theekshana, but Buttler, in company of Washington Sundar and Rahul Tewatia, took GT past the 200-run mark.