Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Slams 36-Ball Century For Bihar In Vijay Hazare Trophy

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi entered his name in the history books on Wednesday (December 24) by scoring the second-fastest century in List A cricket by an Indian batter. The 14-year-old left-handed batter from Samastipur needed just 36 balls on Wednesday to score a century for Bihar in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Plate Group match against Arunachal Pradesh at JSCA Oval Ground in Ranchi. Sooryvanshi, who is the vice-captain of Bihar’s Vijay Hazare Trophy team, has slammed 10 fours and eight sixes so far.

He completed his century by taking a single on the first ball of the 12th over.

The record of scoring the fastest century in List A cricket by an Indian batter is in the name of Punjab’s Anmolpreet Singh.

Fastest 100s in List A cricket by Indian batters

PLAYER	TEAM	BALLS	AGAINST	VENUE	DATE
Anmolpreet Singh	Punjab	35	Arunachal Pradesh	Ahmedabad	December 21, 2024
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi	Bihar	36	Arunachal Pradesh	Ranchi	December 25, 2025
Yusuf Pathan	Baroda	40	Maharashtra	Ahmedabad	February 16, 2010
Urvil Patel	Gujarat	41	Arunachal Pradesh	Chandigarh	November 27, 2023
Abhishek Sharma	Punjab	42	Madhya Pradesh	Indore	February 28, 2021

Anmolpreet

needed just 35 balls to reach the 100-run mark for Punjab in the Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Arunachal Pradesh in Ahmedabad on December 21, 2024. In that fixture, Anmolpreet remained 115 runs from 45 balls in the 165-run chase.

The world record for scoring the fastest century in List A cricket is in the name of Australian batter Jake Fraser-McGurk. The former Delhi Capitals star needed just 29 balls to reach the 100-run mark for South Australia against Tasmania in Adelaide on October 8, 2023.

Fastest centuries in List A cricket

PLAYER	COUNTRY	TEAM	BALLS	AGAINST	VENUE	DATE
Jake Fraser-McGurk	Australia	South Australia	29	Tasmania	Adelaide	October 8, 2023
AB de Villiers	South Africa	South Africa	31	West Indies	Johannesburg	January 18, 2015
Anmolpreet Singh	India	Punjab	35	Arunachal Pradesh	Ahmedabad	December 21, 2024
Graham Rose	England	Somerset	36	Devon	Torquay	June 27, 1990
Corey Anderson	New Zealand	New Zealand	36	West Indies	Queenstown	January 1, 2014
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi	India	Bihar	36	Arunachal Pradesh	Ranchi	December 25, 2025
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	Pakistan	37	Sri Lanka	Nairobi	October 4, 1996
Rovman Powell	West Indies	Jamaica	38	Leeward Islands	Basseterre	November 24, 2019
Sandun Weerakkody	Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club	39	Burgher Recreation Club	Colombo (Burgher)	December 19, 2019
Yusuf Pathan	India	Baroda	40	Maharashtra	Ahmedabad	February 16, 2010

Vaibhav is also the youngest batter in the world to score a century in List A cricket. The Rajasthan Royals star is 14 years and 272 days old as of December 24, 2025.