{"id":751834,"date":"2026-06-22T00:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751834\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T00:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:41:10","slug":"cricket-news-2026-indian-teenager-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-hits-fastest-list-a-half-century-in-history-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751834\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket news 2026: Indian teenager Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hits fastest List A half-century in history | Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

India<\/a>\u2019s teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed the fastest half-century in List A cricket<\/a> history on Sunday, reaching the milestone in just 11 balls, but stayed unfazed after his breakout season.<\/p>\n

The 15-year-old blazed 94 off 29 deliveries in India\u2019s 66-run win over Sri Lanka<\/a> A in the tri-nation series final, striking 10 fours and eight sixes to power his side to 9-377.<\/p>\n

\"Rajasthan<\/p>\n

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in action for Rajasthan Royals.\u00a0AP<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka were dismissed for 311 in reply, handing India victory.<\/p>\n

Sooryavanshi, who earned his maiden India A call-up for the one-day international tri-series, is fresh off a standout Indian Premier League<\/a> season, where he topped the scoring charts with 776 runs in 16 matches and set a new benchmark with 65 sixes, surpassing Chris Gayle\u2019s record.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t think too much. I just wanted to make the most of the first 10 overs and execute my plans,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no pressure. I worked on areas that weren\u2019t going well, and today everything came together.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot. I\u2019ve played 50-over cricket quite a bit, even if people don\u2019t realise it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conditions were different, but it was a good experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

His performances for Rajasthan Royals made him the first player in IPL history to be named both most valuable player and best emerging player.<\/p>\n

India have named him in their squad for the T20 series against Ireland and England, where he could become the youngest player to represent India in men\u2019s internationals.<\/p>\n

The record is held by Sachin Tendulkar<\/a>, who debuted at 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India\u2019s teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed the fastest half-century in List A cricket history on Sunday, reaching the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-751834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}