Before Vaibhav Suryavanshi, this batsman has scored a half-century in international cricket at the age of 15, do you know his name?
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a half-century in the first match of the T-20 series being played with Zimbabwe. With this, 15 year old Vaibhav became the youngest player to score a fifty in international cricket. But, do you know that many years before this half-century of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a player had achieved this feat in international cricket at the age of 15. But still, the world record for scoring a half-century at the youngest age is recorded in the name of Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
Who scored fifty at the age of 15?
Before Indian cricket team’s star batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a player from Nepal had scored a half-century in international cricket at the age of just 15. The name of that player is Kushal Mulla. Yes, Kushal Mulla of Nepal had accomplished this feat on 8 February 2020. He had scored this historic fifty in the ODI match played against US. Then his age was 15 years 340 days.
World record in the name of Vaibhav Suryavanshi
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A record breaking knock from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 🔥#TeamIndia | #ZIMvINDpic.twitter.com/mlFK05CW7L
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 23, 2026
In the first T20 match played with Zimbabwe, Vaibhav Suryavanshi batted brilliantly and scored a half-century in just 18 balls. With this, Vaibhav became the youngest batsman to score a half-century in international cricket. Now you must be wondering that when both Kushal Mulla and Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored half-centuries in international cricket at the age of 15, then how did Vaibhav get this world record? Let us tell you, when Kushal scored his fifty, he was 15 years 340 days old, whereas Vaibhav Suryavanshi has achieved this feat at the age of 15 years 118 days.
Maiden international fifty👏
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi becomes the youngest batsman ever to score a T20I half-century 🫡
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— BCCI (@BCCI) July 23, 2026
Top-5 batsmen who scored fifty at the youngest age
Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the youngest batsman to score a fifty in international cricket by scoring a half-century at the age of 15 years and 118 days. Kushal Mulla is at second place in the list, who scored a fifty at the age of 15 years 340 days. In third place is Lewis Bruce of Gibraltar, who achieved this feat at the age of 16 years and 56 days. Lewis Brook is also in fourth place, because he scored another fifty in 16 years and 57 days. Indonesia’s Kavin Chaddha is fifth in the list, who scored a fifty in international cricket at the age of 16 years and 76 days.
| rank | player | Country | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaibhav Suryavanshi | India | 15 years 118 days |
| 2 | Kushal Mulla | estonia | 15 years 340 days |
| 3 | louis bruce | gibraltar | 16 years 56 days |
| 4 | louis bruce | gibraltar | 16 years 57 days |
| 5 | kavin chaddha | Indonesia | 16 years 76 days |
Youngest player to score his first fifty in T20 International
- 15 years 118 days – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (India) v Zimbabwe, Harare, 2026
- 16yrs 56d – Lewis Bruce (Gibraltar) v Malta, Alberta, 2021
- 16 years 76 days – Kavin Chaddha (Indonesia) vs Sweden, Bali, 2026
- 16 years 89 days – Alousin Touray (Sierra Leone) v Ghana, Benoni, 2023
- 16 years 118 days – Tenzin Rabge (Bhutan) v China, Kuala Lumpur, 2023
- 17 years 296 days – Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan) v Zimbabwe, Chittagong, 2019
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