Vaibhav Suryavanshi played with a special bat to score his Indian Premier League (IPL) century. It was gifted by a Team India player who was a part of the T20 World Cup-winning team.<\/p>\n
The 14-year-old hit a 6 while playing the first ball of his IPL career. While playing for the Rajasthan Royals, he became the youngest player in IPL history to score a century.<\/p>\n
The 35-ball century came against the Gujarat Titans at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Vaibhav scored the second-fastest century in IPL history. Vaibhav has now revealed that the bat had been gifted to him by RR captain Sanju Samson.<\/p>\n
On November 16, the teenager collaborated with Instagram to showcase his training for IPL 2026<\/a>. In one of the video clips, he showed off his collection of bats.<\/p>\n \u201cMost players have one kit bag. But, I have two. I keep my soft leather things, such as pads, gloves and helmets, in one bag. I keep my bats in the other bag,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the bat Sanju bhai gifted me before the IPL season. I kept asking him for a bat. He gave me this one, and I scored my IPL century with this. I made that century in 35 balls,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Vaibhav had earlier shared a heartfelt post bidding farewell to Sanju Samson<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom watching you bat on TV to batting alongside you, it has all been a dream come true. I have learnt a lot from you. Thank you for all the chats and always treating me like a brother, Aur haan mujhe aise hi bat dete rehna (And, keep gifting me bats),\u201d he wrote for his IPL 2025 captain.<\/p>\n