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Vaibhav Suryavanshi chose another big stage to showcase his unreal batting talent. In the final of the ongoing triangular ODI series with the India A team, the 15-year-old has set a record for scoring the fastest half-century in List A cricket.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi faced only 11 balls to complete his half-century against the Sri Lanka A team at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla on Sunday.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s fastest List A half-century
On the fifth ball of the fourth over of the first innings of the match, the budding opener achieved the feat by hitting a six off Dulaj Samuditha, after hitting two consecutive fours on the previous two balls. Vaibhav also hit a four on the last ball of the over.
At the time of writing this article, the teenage sensation is batting at 80 off 23 balls with a strike rate of 347.83. He already has ten fours and six sixes in his account.
Suryavanshi missed scoring a good century
When the batsman was just inches away from scoring another T20 century, contrary to the run of play, he lost his wicket. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was out after scoring 94 runs in 29 balls with the help of ten fours and eight sixes. Sri Lanka A’s Sahan Arachige got the wicket of the dangerous Indian batsman.
The batsman went after the ball bowled by the spinner. Vaibhav looked to clear the mid-off fence but missed the shot and eventually lost guard. The Bihar-born player left the crease to huge applause from the fans.
Ahead of India’s UK tour, the inning of 94 is very important as the youngster will be traveling to the United Kingdom with the senior men’s cricket team. The batsman, who claimed the Orange Cap for scoring the most runs in the IPL 2026 season for Rajasthan Royals for the majority of the tri-nation series,
Final playing XI of India A vs Sri Lanka A triangular ODI series:
Sri Lanka A: Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Avishka Fernando, Nuwanidu Fernando, Sadira Samarawickrama, Sahan Arachige (captain), Ravindu Fernando, Wanuza Sahan, Mohammed Shiraz, Vijayakanth Wiyakanth, Dulaj Samuditha, Kugatha Mathulan.
India A: Priyansh Arya, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Verma (captain), Kumar Kushagra (wicketkeeper), Suryansh Shedge, Nishant Sindhu, Anukul Roy, Vipraj Nigam, Ashok Sharma, Yash Thakur.