Teen sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi rewrote file books but once more, hammering a panoramic 144 off simply 42 deliveries to arrange India A’s thumping 148-run win over UAE of their Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 opener in Doha on Friday.
His extraordinary effort powered India ‘A’ to 297 for 4, the joint fifth-highest complete in males’s T20 cricket, earlier than the bowlers sealed a commanding victory.
Suryavanshi’s knock was an exhibition of unpolluted, fearless hitting. The 14-year-old left-hander smashed 11 fours and 15 sixes, ending with a strike price of 342.85, the fourth-highest ever for a T20 rating of 100 or extra.
His century, reached in 32 balls, is now the joint-second quickest by an Indian in males’s T20s, alongside Rishabh Pant’s 2018 effort, and behind solely the 28-ball tons by Urvil Patel and Abhishek Sharma within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. General, it stands because the joint-fifth quickest century in T20 cricket historical past.
At 14 years and 232 days, Suryavanshi additionally grew to become the youngest man to attain a century for a nationwide consultant facet at senior degree, surpassing Mushfiqur Rahim’s earlier mark set in 2005, when the Bangladesh wicketkeeper was 16 years and 171 days.
This was Suryavanshi’s second T20 century, following his 35-ball ton for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025 — a knock that made him the youngest man to attain a T20 hundred and the second-fastest century in IPL historical past, behind Chris Gayle’s 30-ball blitz in 2011.
What made Suryavanshi’s innings much more outstanding was the context. He was dropped off the very first ball he confronted, however the reprieve solely ignited his assault. He surged to a 17-ball fifty and by no means regarded again, dismantling UAE’s bowling assault with an astonishing mixture of energy and precision. His dominance was the spine of a 163-run second-wicket stand off 57 balls with Naman Dhir (34), a partnership that shifted India A from a gradual begin to a place of complete management.
After Suryavanshi’s dismissal within the thirteenth over, captain Jitesh Sharma stored the momentum going, smashing 83 not out off 32 balls, making certain India A stayed on the right track for a towering complete. At one level, they appeared poised to turn out to be simply the fifth crew in males’s T20s to breach the 300-run mark.
Nonetheless, a modest ultimate over left them tied with India’s 2024 complete of 297 towards Bangladesh, nonetheless one of many highest ever recorded. Solely Baroda’s 349 within the 2024 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy has bettered it in Indian cricket.
Chasing a monumental 298, the UAE have been by no means within the contest. Their innings lacked momentum, with solely Sohaib Khan providing resistance by means of a gritty 63 off 41 balls. India A maintained management all through, with Gurjapneet Singh main the assault with figures of three for 18. UAE ultimately reached 149 for 7, nicely in need of threatening India A’s mammoth complete.
Temporary scores: India A 297/4 in 20 overs (Vaibhav Suryavanshi 144, Jitesh Sharma 83; Aayan Afzal Khan 1-42, Muhammad Arfan 1-57) beat UAE A 149/7 in 20 overs (Shoaib Khan 63, Muhammad Arfan 26; Gurpanjeet Singh 2-18, Harsh Dubey 2/-2) by 148 runs