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List-A Cricket: 15 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s blast, fifty in 11 balls, broke 22 year old world record

By Samira Vishwas

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Fastest List-A Fifty: There are signs of Indian cricket getting another superstar. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, just 15 years old, batted in a way in the tri-series final against Sri Lanka A, which changed the cricket record book. The young batsman made the world record of scoring the fastest half-century in the history of List-A cricket by scoring a half-century in just 11 balls. However, he missed scoring a century.

Vaibhav played an inning of 94 runs in 29 balls. Vaibhav left every stone unturned in the previous matches in the final. He hit 8 sixes and 10 fours in this innings of 94 runs. That means Vaibhav scored 88 runs out of 94 only from boundaries. Let us tell you that during a match in this tri series, Vaibhav had a dispute with a Sri Lankan player. The situation even reached a scuffle and in the final, Vaibhav played a stormy innings and made Sri Lanka realize his strength.

Fastest fifty in List-A cricket in terms of ball

ballplayerTeam Year
11Vaibhav SuryavanshiIndia-A2026
12K WeeraratneRagama Cricket Club v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club2005/06
13NLTC PereraSri Lanka Army Sports Club v Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club2020/21
14RK KleinwaltWestern Province v KwaZulu-Natal2010/11
15adam holyoakSurrey v Yorkshire1994

The record for the fastest half-century in ODI is in the name of former South African batsman AB de Villiers, who achieved this feat in 16 balls against West Indies in 2015. However, India A matches do not get international status, hence this innings of Vaibhav will not be included in the international records.

In the final played at the Rangiri International Stadium in Dambulla, Sri Lanka A decided to bowl first. After this, Vaibhav, who came out to bat, made his intentions clear from the very first ball. He started the attack by hitting a four on the first ball of Mohammad Shiraz and then did not look back.

Vaibhav’s performance before the final was not anything special. He was in the news due to his continuous low scores and recent incident of pushing and shoving with an opposition player. But in the big match, he answered all the criticism with his bat.

Vaibhav created a storm in the second over of Shiraz. In this over, he hit three sixes and two fours and scored a total of 26 runs. After this, he completed his half-century in just 11 balls by hitting his fifth six over long on.

With this innings Vaibhav broke the 20 year old world record. Earlier, Sri Lankan Kaushalya Weeraratne had the fastest half-century in List-A cricket, who achieved this feat in 12 balls. Now this record has been registered in the name of an Indian batsman.

Vaibhav also made India’s record in his name. Earlier, the Indian record for the fastest List-A half-century was in the name of Sarfaraz Khan, who scored fifty in 15 balls against Punjab in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Vaibhav, who made his debut in List A cricket in December 2024, has played only 12 matches so far. But he has left his mark in a short time. While playing for Bihar in domestic cricket, he has also played a brilliant inning of 190 runs.

Vaibhav had not performed as per his name in the Tri Series till the finals. He could score only 117 runs in 4 matches. But in the final he left every stone unturned.

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