14-year-old Suryavanshi smashes record-breaking T20 century in IPL

JAIPUR India AP The -year-old batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit a breathtaking century in the Indian Premier League and one of the greatest innings in men s Twenty cricket history on Monday Just nine days after becoming the youngest debutant in the IPL Suryavanshi blew away observers again with a century in just his third match and to boot the second fastest in the tournament s years He got there in just balls by pulling Gujarat Titans spinner Rashid Khan for a six over midwicket and sending the Rajasthan Royals packed home crowd in Jaipur to their feet yet again Of the runs an incredible came off boundaries He hit sixes and seven boundaries It feels really good Suryavanshi declared It is like a dream to count a century in the IPL What I ve been practicing for the last three four months the effect is showing He was out three balls later for missing a yorker But the -run opening stand between he and Yashasvi Jaiswal not out off balls propelled Rajasthan to a remarkable rundown of Gujarat s imposing - with balls to spare Rajasthan made - winning for only the third time in games to stay in playoffs contention Suryavanshi rose to fame when he was drafted at age last November In a splashy debut this month he whacked the first ball he faced for six at the same venue He displayed brutal power-hitting on Monday against a battery of seasoned international bowlers including Khan Mohammed Siraj Ishant Sharma and Washington Sundar The teenager smacked Sharma for three sixes and two fours in one over and clubbed spinner Sundar for two sixes and a four to raise this IPL s fastest half-century off a mere balls Suryavanshi raced to when he hammered Afghanistan fast bowler Karim Janat for three sixes and three fours in Janat s first over in the IPL and raised the hundred against the great Khan It was incredible Rajasthan captain Riyan Parag reported of Suryavanshi We ve spent two months with him and we have seen what he can do but to see him do this against the world-class bowlers GT has I can t express in words Suryavanshi was patted on the back by his partner Jaiswal as he celebrated removed his helmet and raised his bat to acknowledge the applause of the home crowd He also saluted his teammates in the dugout with his bat Only West Indies great Chris Gayle has hit an IPL hundred in less balls and that was years ago Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna definitively clean-bowled Suryavanshi who left to another standing ovation and to hugs from teammates Left-handers Suryavanshi and Jaiswal raised Rajasthan s highest stand for any wicket in the IPL and the teenager eclipsed Sanju Samson s record of sixes in an IPL innings for an Indian batter Batting with him Jaiswal gives me confidence because he keeps very positive and it becomes easy to bat with him Suryavanshi declared He added he doesn t notice the crowds much to just focus on the ball Gill and Buttler shine for Gujarat Gujarat captain Shubman Gill made an aggressive off balls while his opening partner Sai Sudharsan scored to overtake Virat Kohli as the leading scorer of the season with runs in nine matches The pair added runs for the first wicket off balls before Sudharsan holed out at long-on in the th over Gill looked well set for a century but missed Maheesh Theekshana s low full toss and was caught at long-off Jos Buttler cut loose in the death overs with a -ball unbeaten AP cricket https apnews com hub cricket Source