Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 It has been exciting to see new talent, and even seasoned campaigners make big steps for their team. One such name that shook the cricket world was Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the boy wonder, who has broken many records in the IPL this season and has now taken another record in his account.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who was the leading run scorer and topped the Orange Cap list, will remain on top despite early losses to Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan in the IPL final between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Gill needed 55 runs but was out on 10 and Sai was out on 12.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi broke another record!
After the early dismissal of GT’s openers, Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest Orange Cap winner of the IPL at the age of 15. The southpaw has had a sensational season for Rajasthan Royals (RR) and has carried the team on his shoulders in most of the games, delivering match-winning performances in this edition of the league.
Vaibhav has scored 776 runs in this edition of the league with an average of 48.50 and scored five half-centuries and one century. He was out three times in the 90s with scores of 93, 97 and 96 respectively. his strike rate was 237.30. The 15-year-old wonder boy took on the best bowlers in this IPL and thrashed them by hitting a six on the first ball.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi broke all the records this season
In the game against the Orange Army, he almost broke the record for the fastest century by scoring 97 runs in 29 balls. During that game, he became the first uncapped batsman to score the most runs and 600+ runs with a strike rate of over 200 in the same edition. In the same game, he became the first Indian batsman to hit the most number of sixes in an IPL innings with 12.
He also became the joint-most batsman with universe boss Chris Gayle to hit 10+ sixes in an innings. Vaibhav broke the West Indies legend’s record of hitting most sixes in an IPL season, hitting 59 sixes, while Gayle has crossed the 72 sixes mark in this season of the tournament.
Vaibhav also left Virat Kohli and David Warner behind by scoring the most runs in the power play in an IPL season. The southpaw scored 521 runs in the power play, the most, and is the only batsman to cross the 500-run mark in terms of power play runs.
After Rajasthan Royals were eliminated from the IPL after losing to Gujarat in Qualifier 2, the southpaw was seen crying and sad as he has been excellent for the franchise this season. After the match, Riyan was seen hugging Parag inside the dressing room.
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