Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s blazing form with the bat continued unabated this season as the teenager hammered a 67-ball 93 in Bihar’s first innings against Meghalaya during their Ranji Trophy 2025-26 Plate Group clash in Patna on Tuesday.
This was also the 14-year-old batter’s maiden first-class fifty. Vaibhav had made his Ranji Trophy debut last year against Mumbai before turning 13, making him one of the youngest Indians to make a first-class debut in history.
After Meghalaya declared for 408/7, Viabhav almost singlehandedly took the attack to the opposition bowlers as he slammed four sixes and nine fours, scoring at a strike rate close to 140. He reached his half-century in just 33 balls.
At one stage, the teenage prodigy seemed poised to become the youngest Ranji Trophy centurion in history by breaking Dhruv Pandove’s 37-year-old record. However, he fell seven short as he was trapped LBW by spinner Bijon Dey.
The Ranji match against Meghalaya was only Vaibhav’s eighth first-class match. His previous highest score was 41.
Earlier in the day, Vaibhav was named in the 15-member India A squad for the upcoming Rising Stars Asia Cup 2025 cricket tournament alongside Rajasthan Royals teammate Yudhvir Singh.
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At just 14, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has already established himself as Indian cricket’s newest sensation, rewriting record books with a maturity and power far beyond his years.
The Bihar-born prodigy burst onto the scene with a dream debut season in the IPL for the Rajasthan Royals, where he made history as the youngest-ever player in the league’s history - just 14 years and 23 days old when he faced the Lucknow Super Giants.
Barely nine days later, he stunned the cricketing world again by becoming the youngest centurion in IPL history, smashing a breathtaking 35-ball 100 against the Gujarat Titans - the fastest century by an Indian and the second-fastest overall, behind only Chris Gayle.
He added a composed half-century against the Chennai Super Kings and wrapped up his maiden IPL campaign with 252 runs at a staggering strike rate of 206.56, marking one of the most explosive debuts ever seen in franchise cricket.
His golden run extended to the international youth stage.
On India U19’s tour of England, Vaibhav dominated with the bat, finishing as the top scorer in the five-match Youth ODI series, amassing 355 runs at an average of 71.00 and a blistering strike rate of 174.01.
His thunderous 143 in the fourth ODI set a new benchmark as the fastest century in U19 men’s ODI history, making him the youngest to score a 100 in the format.
The left-handed dynamo’s form followed him to Australia, where he struck another commanding century in a Youth Test in Brisbane last month.
