A 15-year-old cricket prodigy smashing half-century in just 11 balls for India A against Sri Lanka A on June 21, 2026 is not normal thing ah.
He finished with 94 runs from 29 balls,including 10 fours and 8 sixes . Because of that blast,India A reached huge total of 377-9,and suddenly everyone started talking about him again.
And this was not just another quick fifty . This has now become new record for fastest fifty in List 50-over cricket,surpassing Thisara Perera,who had scored 13-ball fifty in 2021.
What makes it even more crazy is that Sooryavanshi faced only one dot ball during that record-breaking burst . From other ten deliveries,he hit five fours and five sixes to reach milestone . One dot ball in such innings…that tells you how cleanly he was seeing ball.
Few things standing out clearly here:
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 94 runs from 29 balls,with 10 fours and 8 sixes .
- His 11-ball fifty broke Thisara Perera's 13-ball fifty record from 2021 in List 50-over cricket .
- AB de Villiers and Matthew Forde held previous international record for fastest fifty in 16 balls.
And tbh,this is where selection talk becomes interesting. On same day,Sooryavanshi was not included in India's full squad for one-day international series against England,even after this kind of form . That decision obviously raised eyebrows.
Still,he is named in T20 squad for upcoming matches against Ireland and England,so potential T20 debut is very much there . First T20 match against Ireland is set for June 26,followed by five-match ODI series against England starting on July 1 .
ODI squad dynamics also look interesting because Virat Kohli may return to ODI side pending fitness,while others miss out . Indian ODI squad includes Shubman Gill (captain),Rohit Sharma,and Jasprit Bumrah,while Yashasvi Jaiswal and Hardik Pandya will not participate .
Also,Sooryavanshi has been top run-scorer in current IPL season,so this is not one random knock coming out of nowhere . But still,when 15-year-old is doing all this and not getting ODI spot,people will keep asking what selectors are seeing and what they are waiting for…
