14 -year -old cricketer Vaibhav Suryavanshi performed brilliantly for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 with the bat for Rajasthan Royals (RR). Vaibhav scored a century from just 35 balls against Gujarat Titans (GT) during this period. With this, Vaibhav became the Indian batsman to score the fastest century in the history of IPL.

Vaibhav won Tata Curv, topped in strike-rate

Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a total of 7 matches in his debut IPL season, in which he scored 252 runs. During this, Vaibhav’s batting average was recorded at 36.00. At the same time, Vaibhav’s strike rate was 206.55, which was the highest among those players who participated in at least 7 matches and played minimum 100 balls. Vaibhav faced 122 balls in IPL 2025. During this, he hit 24 sixes and 18 fours.

Now Vaibhav Suryavanshi received the ‘Super Striker of the Season’ Award due to stormy batting in IPL 2025. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was awarded the Tata Curv EV car as a reward. The same players were in the race for the ‘Super Striker of the Season’ Award, who played at least 7 matches and faced minimum 100 balls. In terms of Vaibhav strike rate, Nicholas Puran (196.25), Abhishek Sharma (193.39), Ayush Mhatre (188.97), Suryakumar Yadav (167.91) were ahead of players. The ‘Super Striker of the Season’ Award is being given in the IPL from the year 2018. The player who won the Super Striker of the Season ‘Award’ receives Rs 10 lakh as prize money.

Winner of ‘Super Striker of the Season’ Award in IPL:
2018: Sunil Naren (Kolkata Knight Riders), 189.89
2019: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders), 204.81
2020: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians), 191.42
2021: Shimron Hetmyer (Delhi Capitals), 168.05
2022: Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bangalore), 183.33
2023: Glenn Maxwell (Royal Challengers Bangalore), 183.48
2024: Jake Fraser-Macgark (Delhi Capitals), 234.04
2025: Glory Suryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals), 206.55

Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his IPL debut on 19 April 2025 against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. He hit a six off his first ball in that match and scored 34 runs in 20 balls. Then on 28 April 2025, Vaibhav scored 101 runs in just 38 balls against Gujarat Titans. During this time he completed a century in 35 balls, which was the second fastest century in IPL history. Along with this, Vaibhav also became the youngest player to score a century in IPL (14 years 32 days).

Vaibhav Suryavanshi witnessed a war between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Rajasthan Royals to buy the Mega auction of IPL 2025. His base price was fixed at Rs 30 lakh, but he was bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.10 crore. Vaibhav Suryavanshi belongs to Samastipur district of Bihar.