Fastest IPL Centuries: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Holds Two Of The Five Quickest Hundreds In Tournament History

IPL 2026 RR vs SRH: The young phenomenon known as Vaibhav Sooryavanshi did it again. The 15-year-old Rajasthan Royals opener scored his second IPL century against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Jaipur on Saturday (April 25) - a 36-ball hundred that is the third fastest in the tournament's history.

With his knock of 103 off 37 balls, the left-handed batter from Bihar snatched the Orange Cap from KL Rahul within hours of the senior batter having claimed it with a historic 152.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Epic Innings

SRH won the toss and chose to field in what was the first game at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in the Pink City. It proved an uncomfortable decision almost instantly. Sooryavanshi hit five sixes in the first seven balls he faced. He reached his fifty in 15 balls - the third time he has done so this season. He then went on to reach three figures off 36 balls before being dismissed for 103 off 37, an innings laced with 12 sixes and 3 fours.

The knock places him third on the all-time list of fastest IPL hundreds - and remarkably, second on that same list is also his own. Only Chris Gayle's 30-ball effort against PWI in 2013 stands clear of both his efforts.

Top Fastest centuries in IPL history (balls):

1. 30 - Chris Gayle vs PWI, 2013
2. 35 - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi vs GT, 2025
3. 36 - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi vs SRH, 2026
4. 37 - Yusuf Pathan vs MI, 2010
5. 37 - Heinrich Klaasen vs KKR, 2025

Sooryavanshi now holds two of the five fastest IPL centuries ever recorded. He is 15 years old.

IPL 2026 Orange Cap Leaderboard

Earlier in the afternoon at Delhi, KL Rahul had scored an unbeaten 152 for Delhi Capitals against Punjab Kings - the highest score by an Indian in IPL history - to move to the top of the run-scorers chart. By evening in Jaipur, Sooryavanshi had matched him run-for-run.

Both now sit on 357 runs. But the Orange Cap belongs to the teenager. Having played one fewer match - seven to Rahul's eight - Sooryavanshi tops the standings on the basis of games played.

The 1000-run milestone for Sooryavanshi

The century was not the only landmark of the evening. Sooryavanshi became the youngest player ever to reach 1,000 T20 runs, achieving the milestone during his 15-ball half-century. He got there in 473 balls - the fastest by any batter in T20 history, breaking the previous record of 533 balls held by Mitchell Owen.

Of the 1,069 batters who have scored 1,000 T20 runs, Sooryavanshi is the only one to have done so at a strike rate above 200. His stands at 212.2.

Fastest to 1000 T20 runs (balls):

• 473 - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
• 533 - Mitchell Owen
• 558 - Andrew Symonds

Sooryavanshi vs Hinge: The revenge story

There was also a personal subplot. In the reverse fixture in Hyderabad 12 days ago, Praful Hinge had dismissed Sooryavanshi for a duck on his way to a four-wicket IPL debut. On Saturday, Hinge returned to the SRH XI. Sooryavanshi faced five balls in his first over and went 0, 6, 6, 6, 6 - 25 runs. It didn't matter where you pitched it.

Australian great Pat Cummins, returning as SRH captain and playing his first competitive match since the Adelaide Ashes Test in December, bowled Sooryavanshi a probing short ball first up - angled across the left-hander, climbing to shoulder height. Sooryavanshi pulled it for six without fuss.

This is what separates him from every other young talent in the competition. Of the 19 bowlers who have bowled at least five deliveries to him in the IPL, only four have managed to restrict him to a strike rate below 150. Ten have gone at over 250.

Two IPL centuries at 15. The fastest to 1,000 T20 runs in history. The Orange Cap. On a Saturday evening in Jaipur, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi reminded everyone - again - that the record books have not yet run out of room.