While most of the discussion is going on about the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 starting tomorrow (7th February), Vaibhav Suryavanshi suddenly came into limelight after playing a strong inning of 175 runs in the final of the Under-19 World Cup against England at Harare Sports Club in Zimbabwe on 6th February.
On the biggest stage of Under-19 cricket, the Bihar-born player’s century is officially the biggest innings in the history of Under-19 cricket. The southpaw came in to open the innings and batted with his usual flair, toying with the opposition bowlers. Needless to say, Vaibhav also broke several all-time records while playing this innings, proving yet again why the opening batsman is considered a generational talent.
14 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi who recently refreshed the record books
14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi played only 80 balls to register a mammoth innings of 175 runs, he sent the ball across the boundary line a total of 30 times, which included 15 fours and 15 sixes. Due to his excellent batting performance, his strike rate is 218.75. It is important to remember that this batsman becomes India’s highest run-scorer in all youth ODI cricket. He has batted 25 times.
Suryavanshi’s innings was studded with an impressive number of 15 sixes, which in itself is an all-time record in U19 World Cup cricket. Before the Indian prodigy, it was Australia’s Michael Hill who held the record for scoring the most runs (12) in an innings of the U19 World Cup.
If we consider Youth ODI, Suryavanshi broke his own record when he sent the ball over the rope for the 15th time in today’s match, surpassing his own score of 14 against UAE Under-19 at ICCA Dubai in December.
Most sixes in U19 WC innings:
15* – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (IND) vs England, Harare, 2026
12 – Michael Hill (Australia) vs NAM, Penang, 2008
11 – Craig Simmons (AUS) vs Kane, Dunedin, 2002
There weren’t many batsmen who have scored a century in a U19 World Cup final. Former India Under-19 captain Unmukt Chand was among those batsmen who scored more than a hundred runs in the summit clash. Vaibhav also left Unmukt behind in the record table.
Centuries in U19 WC final:
175 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (IND) vs England, Harare, 2026
111* – Unmukt Chand (IND) vs AUS, Townsville, 2012
108 – Brett Williams (Aus) vs PAK, Adelaide, 1988
107 – Stephen Peters (England) v New Zealand, Johannesburg, 1998
101* – Manjot Kalra (IND) vs AUS, Mount Maunganui, 2018
100* – Gerard Burke (AUS) v SA, Lincoln, 2002
The current edition of the Under-19 World Cup has seen many surprising innings from batsmen from different countries. Suryavanshi took only 55 balls to complete his century against England. But there was one Australian batsman who made an even bigger splash in this tournament. Australia’s Will Malazczuk needed only 51 balls to register his name in the record books.
Fastest U19 WC century (by balls faced):
51 – Will Malajczuk (AUS) v Japan, Windhoek, 2026
55 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (IND) vs England, Harare, 2026
63 – Qasim Akram (PAK) vs SL, North Sound, 2022
65 – Ben Mayes (England) v SCOT, Harare, 2026
69 – Raj Bawa (IND) vs Uganda, Taruba, 2022
The flow of splendor Suryavanshi and borders is almost symmetrical. Overall, the left-handed batsman hit a total of thirty sixes, leaving behind current active senior level cricketers like Dewald Brewis (South Africa), Finn Allen (New Zealand) and Nicholas Pooran (West Indies).
Most sixes in U19 World Cup:
30 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi in 2026
18 – Dewald Brevis in 2022
18 – Finn Allen in 2016 and 2018
15 – Jack Burnham in 2016
14 – Michael Hill in 2008
14 – Nicholas Pooran in 2014
Suryavanshi broke some other records in the Under-19 World Cup final:
- Suryavanshi now has the fastest U19 150 off 71 balls (where known), bettering the 98 balls taken by Ben Mayes (ENG) vs SCOT at the same venue earlier in the competition.
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the first batsman in Youth ODI history to hit 100 sixes in the U19 World Cup final. The next best is 55.
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