Meet 14 Year Old Vaibhav Suryavanshi who smashed second fastest century in IPL ever
Rajasthan Royals have been diminished now when it comes to reaching in the Playoffs, but one man who will stand out and talk about IPL in years to come would be scintillating century from 14 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
The swashbuckling player hits fours and sixes all over the park to stampede his authority at International level.
At the age of 14 years 32 days playing this superb knock clearly indicate that future of Indian Cricket is in safe hands.
The best part about his character could be personified that he looks dissatisfied even after scoring century as he wanted to finish game.
He reached three figure mark for just 35 balls, in his 38 balls total knock for 101 runs he smashed 7 fours and 11 sixes under his belt.
He scored those runs at astounding strike rate of 265.78 had a brilliant opening stand with Yashasvi Jaiswal where they stiched 166 runs partnership in just 15.5 overs where they were chasing 210 runs on the board.
Suryavanshi, quality knock came against the likes of- Prasidh Krishna, Karim Janat, Mohd Siraj, Ishant Sharma and Rashid Khan speaks a volume about the class this man exhibits currently.
Rahul Dravid was extremely happy to see his ward rise at IPL.
Despite Gujarat losing their match against Rajasthan Royals, still they have been one of the best teams of IPL as they are currently stay at 3rd place on the points table.
Royal Challengers Bangalore are currently sitting at top of the points table.
This brilliant knock from Vaibhav Suryavanshi gave slight hope to Rajasthan Royals chances in playoffs but considering all permutations and combinations it’s too late for them now as despite winning all their remaining matches still they would rely on other teams to make it to playoffs.
Unsung Stories about Vaibhav Suryavanshi:
The Journey is not easy for Vaibhav Suryavanshi, as it is a perfect story of redemption, his mother slept for 3 hours daily anf father left his job in order to fulfil his son dream.
He described his story while talking to distinct media outlets ” My Mother used to wake up at 2 pm in night and due to household work she used to sleep at 11 pm. My Father left the job, and only my elder brother used to work due to limited means our family used to operate on meager money and his father kept saying “You will make it for sure as God is there and he is watching your preparation”.
This success story is perfect example what happens when Talent meets Opportunity and IPL have been great in terms of providing platform to all ardent players where they can make name for themselves.
He shared how he got picked for Rajasthan Royals as he came for trail where Vikram Rathor and Romi spotted his batting talent and they were impressed to see his batting to which they said they would try to pick me in IPL auction once I was picked for Royals they called me to congratulate me also let Rahul sir talk to me which in itself was surreal feeling”.
He also credited all senior players including the likes of- Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson and Nitish Rana for always instilling self confidence in him which allowed him to express himself freely with the best of his ability.
His knock is extremely special as he became the 2nd fastest century scorer in IPL trailing behind Universal boss and T20I legend Chris Gayle who scored 100 from 35 balls played pivotal role in setting the tone for IPL as league.
It would be interesting to see how Royals perform going forward.
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