T20 World Cup | Ishan Kishan Press Conference: Indian batting collapses in fifty against Namibia
“Ter cricketer Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will attend class 10 exams in our school. He has received the admit card. Everyone be it teachers, students or parents are excited about his arrival. But keeping this in mind we have made arrangements as he is still a student and will appear for the exam. This is an academic ground, not all cricket issues, we will provide cricket facilities. safety and security will be the same for all. Exams will start on 17th. February,” Neel told ANI.Sooryavanshi saved his best performances for the U19 World Cup final against England in Harare when he smashed 175 off just 80 balls, including 15 fours and 15 sixes – the most sixes in a single innings at the U19 World Cup. He finished as the tournament’s second highest run-getter with 439 runs in seven matches at an average of 62.71 and a strike rate of 169.49, scoring a century and three fifties.He also set a new benchmark for power hitting, hitting a tournament record 30 sixes – surpassing Dewald Brevis’ 2022 tally of 18 – and now holds the record for the most sixes in U19 World Cup history.In U19 ODIs overall, Sooryavanshi is India’s leading run scorer, amassing 1,412 runs in 25 innings at an average of 56.48 and a strike rate of over 165, including four hundreds and seven fifties, with a top score of 175.His meteoric rise began in October 2024 when he hit a 58-ball century against Australia U19 in Chennai — the fastest Indian batsman in youth Tests. Soon after, he hit the headlines for the IPL 2025 mega auction, securing a deal worth Rs 1.1 crore with Rajasthan Royals and becoming the youngest player in IPL history.In the IPL clash against Gujarat Titans, the 14-year-old created more records to become the youngest T20 centurion and the first Indian to register the fastest IPL fifty. Declared with a first-ball six in the league, he finished the season with 252 runs in seven innings at an average of 36.00 and a staggering strike rate of 206.55, including a century and a fifty.His achievements continued across formats – from a 52-ball century that made him the youngest and fastest U19 centurion, to a 61-ball 108 in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy that made him the youngest centurion in the tournament’s history, and an 84-ball 190 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, where As became the second-youngest centurion.While his aggressive and high-risk approach can sometimes lead to nausea, it is equally breathtaking when it clicks – the ball flying off his bat to all corners as he continues to attack every format.