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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, boy wonder, scripts IPL history; Only batter with 300+ strike rate to...

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, boy wonder, scripts IPL history; Only batter with 300+ strike rate to...

Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hit 78 off 26 balls as

beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to register a fourth straight win in IPL 2026 on Friday. He also matched his own record for the fastest fifty of the season.

Sooryavanshi reached his half-century in 15 balls, hitting eight fours and seven sixes. His innings, at a strike rate close to 300, took Rajasthan Royals to 129 for two in 8.1 overs in a chase of 202.

"I just try to replicate what I do in practice and try not to do extra. I back my natural game," said Sooryavanshi after the game.

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Earlier, he had also scored a 15-ball fifty in the team’s opening match against Chennai Super Kings.

In that game, he made 52 off 17 balls with four fours and five sixes at a strike rate of 305.88.

With two scores of fifty or more at a strike rate of 300 or above, Sooryavanshi has become the only player in IPL history to record multiple half-centuries at that strike rate after the completion of innings (whether out or not out).

Overall, there have been seven instances of batters scoring a half-century at a strike rate of 300 or more, and Sooryavanshi is the only player to appear twice on that list.

Romario Shepherd leads the list with 53 off 16 balls at a strike rate of 378.57, which came against Chennai Super Kings last year at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Batters with multiple 300+ strike-rate fifties in IPL after the completion of innings

Sooryavanshi is also the youngest player in T20 cricket to score a half-century at a strike rate of 300 or more in a completed innings. He first did it at the age of 14 years and 232 days for The nation A in November 2025, then against Chennai Super Kings in Rajasthan Royals’ first match this season at 15 years and 3 days, and again against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at 15 years and 14 days.

Youngest players in all of T20 to register a half-century (completed innings) with a strike-rate of 300 or more

The top three spots in this list are all held by Sooryavanshi.

Canada’s Yuvraj Singh Samra is fourth, having scored a 15-ball fifty against the Bahamas last year at the age of 18 years and 262 days.

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