RR vs GT Qualifier 2: Vaibhav Suryavanshi created history, became the fastest to complete 1000 runs despite missing a century

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: In Qualifier-2 of IPL 2026, Rajasthan Royals’ young opening batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi has once again missed a century despite excellent batting. This 15 year old batsman played a explosive inning of 96 runs against Gujarat Titans. Although he could not score a century, but during this time he has made a big record in his name of completing the fastest 1000 turns in IPL.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi created history

Vaibhav Suryavanshi has created history by batting brilliantly in the second qualifier match against Gujarat Titans. Let us tell you, Vaibhav has become the fastest Indian batsman to score 1000 runs in IPL. He has crossed the mark of one thousand runs in the 23rd inning of his IPL career. The special thing is that he has achieved this great feat by playing the least number of balls with the least number of innings. Before him, this record was in the name of Sai Sudarshan, who had completed one thousand runs in 25 innings. But now Vaibhav has left him behind.

Add this to the list of incredible records to the 1⃣5⃣-year-old’s name 🫡💥

He gets to the milestone in 2️⃣3️⃣ innings!

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Russell was left behind

Let us tell you, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has now become the first batsman in the world to complete 1000 runs in the fewest balls in IPL history. He has crossed the magical figure of one thousand runs in just 440 balls. In this matter, he has left behind Andre Russell, who had completed 1 thousand runs facing 545 balls. But this 15 year old batsman has destroyed this record of Russell with his explosive batting.

Fewest balls faced to reach 1000 IPL runs:

𝟰𝟰𝟬 – 𝗩𝗮𝗶𝗯𝗵𝗮𝘃 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶
545 – Andre Russell
560 – Tim David
575 – Travis Head
575 – Phil Salt pic.twitter.com/srnBczumSK

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) May 29, 2026

Vaibhav missed a century

In the second qualifier match against Gujarat Titans, 15 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi batted explosively and played a stormy innings of 96 runs in 47 balls. His innings included 8 fours and 7 sixes. However, during this period he missed a century. Earlier, Vaibhav had also missed scoring a century in the eliminator match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. In this match, he was out after scoring 97 runs in 29 balls.