IPL 2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi goes berserk, breaks Chris Gayle's record in Mullanpur
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Source: IPLT20.com)
Published - 27 May 2026, 06:49 PM• Read time - 2 mins
Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) teen batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi etched his name in history books during the Eliminator match of the Indian Premier League 2026 (IPL 2026) against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Wednesday, May 27, at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, New Chandigarh. The 15-year-old shattered the record for most sixes in a single season of IPL, surpassing Chris Gayle’s record of 59 sixes from the 2012 season.
Sooryavanshi achieved the feat by launching Sakib Hussain for a maximum over deep extra cover during the fourth over of the innings. He also brought up his half-century off just 16 balls on the very next delivery by depositing Hussain again over deep square leg. As a result, Sooryavanshi also registered the joint-fastest fifty in IPL playoffs history, levelling Suresh Raina’s feat from 2014.
During his innings, the teenage batting sensation was on a record-breaking spree as he also registered the most runs by an uncapped batter in a single IPL season. He surpassed his opening partner Yashasvi Jaiswal’s feat from the 2023 season, when he scored 625 runs from 14 innings.
However, Sooryavanshi unfortunately missed out on scoring the fastest IPL hundred, getting dismissed for 97 (29) by Praful Hinge.
Here’s the complete list of records broken by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi:
65 – Sooryavanshi now has the record for most sixes in a single season of the IPL, breaking Chris Gayle’s record of 59 sixes from 2012.
16 – He completed his half-century off 16 balls, the joint fastest in IPL playoffs along with Suresh Raina.
12 – Sooryavanshi hit 12 sixes in his innings, which are most in a single innings in IPL playoffs.
680 – The 15-year-old now has the most runs scored by an uncapped batter in a single IPL season. He broke Yashasvi Jaiswal’s record of 625 runs from the 2023 season.
242.85 – The southpaw has the highest strike rate in a single IPL season among batters who’ve scored a minimum of 71 runs.
15 – At the age of 15 years and 61 days, he’s now the youngest to score 600 runs in a single IPL season. He surpassed Rishabh Pant’s record, who achieved the feat at the age of 20 in 2018.
