Vaibhav Sooryavanshi blasts maiden U19 World Cup century in final, becomes first man to hit 100 Youth ODI sixes

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2 min readUpdated: Feb 6, 2026 02:45 PM IST

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi broke the U19 World Cup sixes record during the final against England in Harare. (ICC Media Zone)

India’s teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi set a colossal world record with his maiden U19 World Cup century in only 55 balls in the final against England U-19, bringing up his 100th six in the format at the Harare Sports Club on Friday.

Opening the batting for India as they aim to clinch a record-extending sixth title, Sooryavanshi continued his menacing form by racking up another rapid half-century in only 32 balls. Pairing up with his captain, Ayush Mhatre, the left-handed Sooryavanshi unfurled his big shots gradually and soon had smashed five sixes by the time he had reached 70 in only 40 deliveries.

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With a thunderous slog over down the ground, his fifth maximum, the 14-year-old Sooryavanshi became the first batter in Under-19 ODI cricket to record 100 sixes. Staggeringly, only one other batter has managed more than 50 sixes in Youth ODIs – Bangladesh’s Zawad Abrar with 55.

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Sooryavanshi breaks U19 WC sixes record

In his maiden appearance at the showpiece event, Sooryavanshi also rewrote the tournament record for most sixes, surpassing South Africa’s Dewald Brevis to become the highest six-hitter in U19 World Cup history. In only seven innings in this edition, the Bihar batter became the first batter to record more than 20 sixes in U19 World Cup cricket.

Sooryavanshi now has three centuries in under 60 deliveries in Youth ODI cricket, the most by any in the format. Last year, Sooryavanshi had brought up a 52-ball century against the England colts, then the quickest by any batter in the world. The hard-hitting batter progressively went into overdrive after reaching his century, backing it up with more sixes in succession.