Vaibhav Suryavanshi hits 15 sixes to slam 32-ball century:14-year-old unleashes 144 run fury vs UAE in Rising Stars Asia Cup

14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a century in 32 balls in the Rising Stars Asia Cup on Friday. While playing for India-A, he scored an innings of 144 runs off 42 balls against the UAE. India-A won the toss in Doha on Friday, chose to bat, and scored 297 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. The UAE team could only score 149 runs. Vaibhav hits record 15 sixes in his innings While batting first at the West End Park International Cricket Stadium, India-A lost a wicket in the second over itself. Priyansh Arya was run out after scoring 10 runs off 6 balls. Naman Dhir came in at number three. He stayed put at one end, while Vaibhav scored a century off 32 balls at the other end. Naman was out in the 12th over after scoring 34 runs (23 balls). He hit 3 fours and 2 sixes. After Naman’s dismissal, captain Jitesh Sharma took charge of the innings, but Vaibhav was out after scoring 144 runs at the other end. He hit 11 fours and 15 sixes in his innings. Jitesh took the score close to 300 India had scored 235 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 16 overs. Nehal Wadhera was out after scoring 14 runs. After this, captain Jitesh, along with Ramandeep Singh, took the score close to 300. Jitesh scored 83 runs off 32 balls. Ramandeep stayed unbeaten at the end with 6 runs. For UAE, Mohammad Farazuddin, Aayan Afzal Khan, and Muhammad Arfan took 1 wicket each. Muhammad Rohid, Muhammad Arfan, and Harshit Kaushik could not take any wickets. Acquired spotlight after scoring a century in the U-19 Vaibhav Suryavanshi came into the spotlight after scoring a century against Australia U-19 in 2024. He had scored a century at the age of 13. At that time, he became the youngest player to score a century in U-19 International Cricket. Vaibhav was bought by the Rajasthan Royals for ₹1.10 crore in the mega auction before IPL 2025. He was not played in the initial matches, but after captain Sanju Samson got injured, he got an opportunity to open. After not performing exceptionally in the initial matches, he scored a century in just 35 balls against Gujarat. Suryavanshi is the youngest player to score a century in IPL Vaibhav became the youngest player to score a century in the IPL. He has now scored a century in just 32 balls. This was his fastest century in T20. From India, Urvil Patel and Abhishek Sharma have scored centuries in 28 balls each. Rishabh Pant has also scored a century in 32 balls. Vaibhav has now equalled them among Indian players. In international cricket, Estonia’s Sahil Chauhan has scored a century in 27 balls. UAE could not even score 150 runs While chasing a big target of 298 runs, only Sohaib Khan from the UAE could score a fifty. He made 63 runs off 41 balls. Muhammad Arfan scored 26, Syed Haider 20, and Mayank Kumar 18 runs. No other player could cross the 5-run mark. The team could only score 149 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. For India-A, Gurjapneet Singh took 3 wickets for 18 runs. Left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey got 2 wickets. Yash Thakur and Ramandeep Singh scalped one wicket each. Suyash Sharma, Naman Dhir, and Nehal Wadhera could not take any wickets.