List of all records broken by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in IPL 2026
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi with Kumar Sangakkara (Source: Rajasthan Royals on Instagram)
Published - 01 Jun 2026, 08:58 AM• Read time - 12 mins
IPL 2026 will always be remembered as the year world cricket witnessed the true potential of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. If IPL 2025 was merely a teaser, this season turned into a full‑fledged trailer of what the 15‑year‑old prodigy promises to deliver in the years ahead.
Sooryavanshi finished the tournament as the leading run‑getter, amassing 776 runs at an astounding average of 48.50 and a strike rate of 237.30. His tally included one century and five fifties, as he shouldered the burden of Rajasthan Royals’ batting with remarkable maturity.
His exploits earned him the Orange Cap, along with the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Emerging Player of the Season awards. Beyond the accolades, his batting performances were pivotal in guiding Rajasthan Royals to the playoffs.
On that note, let’s revisit some of the prominent records Vaibhav Sooryavanshi demolished during his unforgettable IPL 2026 campaign.
| Record | New Mark achieved by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Previous Best |
|---|---|---|
| Most sixes in an IPL season | 72 | Chris Gayle, 59 (2012) |
| Most runs by an uncapped batter in an IPL season | 776 | Yashasvi Jaiswal, 625 (2023) |
| Most runs from boundaries in an IPL season | 684 | Jos Buttler, 602 (2022) |
| Most runs in the powerplay of an IPL season | 521 | David Warner, 467 (2016) |
| Fastest to 1000 T20 runs (balls) | 473 | Mitchell Owen, 533 |
| Fastest to 1000 IPL runs (balls) | 440 | Andre Russell, 545 |
| Fastest Indian to 1000 IPL runs (innings) | 23 | Sai Sudharsan, 25 |
| Youngest to 1000 T20 runs | 15y 29d | Louis Bruce, 19y 2d |
| Youngest to 1000 IPL runs | 15y 63d | Rishabh Pant, 20y 218d |
| Youngest to score a fifty in an IPL playoff | 15y 61d | Prithvi Shaw, 19y 180d (2019) |
| Most sixes by an Indian in an IPL innings | 12 | Murali Vijay, 11 (2010) |
| Joint‑most instances of 10+ sixes in an IPL innings | 4 | Chris Gayle, 4 |
| Most sixes in an IPL playoff match | 12 | Shubman Gill, 10 (2023) |
| Joint‑fastest fifty in an IPL playoff (balls) | 16 | Suresh Raina, 16 (2014) |
| First Indian to hit 50+ sixes in an IPL season | 50+ | Abhishek Sharma, 42 (2024) |
| Youngest to 100 T20 sixes | 15y 43d | Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 20y 25d |
| First batter with multiple IPL centuries in 40 balls or fewer | - | - |
| First batter with three IPL fifties in 15 balls or fewer | 3 | Jake Fraser‑McGurk, 2 |
| Youngest fielder to take a catch in the IPL | 15y 58d | Mujeeb ur Rahman, 17y 16d (2018) |
| Fastest to 50 IPL sixes (innings) | 15 | Chris Gayle, 21 |
| Highest strike rate in an IPL season (min. 100 balls) | 237.30 | Jake Fraser‑McGurk, 234.04 (2024) |
| Most runs by a teenager in an IPL season | 776 | Tilak Varma, 397 (2022) |
