Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Image credit: ACC) Fourteen-year-old Indian batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 171 runs against UAE in the ACC Asia Cup Men’s Under-19 2025 Group A match at Dubai’s ICC Academy Ground on Friday, December 12, becoming India’s second-highest run-scorer in U19 ODIs and helping India to a successful start to the campaign.Suryavanshi’s innings was marked by rapid scoring, reaching his fifty in 30 balls and completing his century in 56 balls. His knock included five fours and nine sixes as India lost their captain Ayush Mhatre early in the match.
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Suryavanshi’s runs put him behind Ambati Rayudu’s unbeaten 177 against England U19 in 2002, moving him from his previous position as the tenth highest scorer.Top 10 U-19 goal scorers
- AT Rayudu – 177 vs. England U19, Taunton (30 August 2002)
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi – 171 vs. UAE U19, Dubai (12 December 2025)
- RA Bawa – 162 vs. Uganda U19, Tarouba (January 22, 2022)
- MA Agarwal – 160 vs. Australia U19, Hobart (9 April 2009)
- Shubman Gill – 160 vs. England U19, Wankhede (6 February 2017)
- Q Dhawan – 155 vs. Scotland U19, Dhaka (16 February 2004)
- Mandeep Singh – 151 vs. Australia U19, Hobart (9 April 2009)
- Shubman Gill – 147 vs. England U19, Hove (12 August 2017)
- Q Dhawan – 146 vs Sri Lanka U19, Dhaka (26 February 2004)
- And Raghuvanshi – 144 vs. Uganda U19, Tarouba (January 22, 2022)
- And Srikkanth – 143 vs. England U19, Siliguri (14 February 2005)
The young left-handed batsman from Bihar already holds the record for the fastest Youth ODI century, which he achieved in 52 balls against England, surpassing Pakistan’s Kamran Ghulam’s previous record of 53 balls. Suryavanshi’s recent achievements also include a quick-fire 144 runs off 42 balls against the UAE in the Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025, a T20 tournament held on November 14 in Doha.
