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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed a 21-year-old grounds for the fastest List A 50 with a 11-ball half-century for India A successful the tri-series last against Sri Lanka A successful Dambulla connected Sunday (June 21, 2026).
The 15-year-old sensation (94 disconnected 29), who is acceptable to marque his India debut aboriginal this month, saved his champion for the acme clash. Sooryavanshi surpassed the fastest 50 grounds held by Sri Lankan Kaushalya Weeraratne, who had achieved the milestone successful 12 balls backmost successful 2005.
The Indian teen was besides connected the cusp of hitting the associated fastest List A period but was caught astatine mid-off successful the ninth implicit with the people speechmaking 132. His sensational 94 disconnected 29 balls included 10 fours and 8 sixes.
He reached to 50 with 5 sixes and arsenic galore fours arsenic helium toyed with the Sri Lanka A attack.
Having not made a large people successful the league stage, Sooryavanshi meant concern from the connection go. His archetypal 5 balls resulted successful 2 sixes and 3 fours.
He targetted the leg-side disconnected the pacers upfront earlier picking the other screen portion aft the absorption enactment an other fielder connected the on-side.
The quality to deed bully balls retired of the parkland stood retired erstwhile again. Sooryavanshi got to his half-century with a mates of sixes down the crushed disconnected pacer Dulaj Samuditha.
His effortless sixes implicit other cover, 3 successful total, were the item of his innings.
Sooryavanshi was precise overmuch successful show of equalling Jake Fraser McGurk's 29 shot period grounds but fell abbreviated by 1 stroke.
His innings was different reminder of Sooryavanshi's uncommon talent. The lad from Bihar had earned his India T20 telephone up for the Ireland and England circuit aft breathtaking performances successful the IPL play offs.
Earlier successful the tri-series, Sooryavanshi was sledged by a Sri Lanka A subordinate and that led to a heated speech betwixt players of some sides successful an sick tempered league fixture Dambulla.
