14-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi entered his name in the history books on Friday, November 14, by becoming the first cricketer to score a century for India A in a T20 match. The left-handed batter from
Samastipur in Bihar needed 32 balls in the Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 match between India A and the United Arab Emirates to reach the 100-run mark.
He has hammered 10 fours and 9 sixes so far for the Jitesh Sharma-led side at West End Park International Cricket Stadium in Doha.
The century by Vaibhav on Friday is the joint-fourth fastest by any cricketer in T20s.
Fastest 100 in T20s
| PLAYER | TEAM | BALLS | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| Sahil Chauhan | Estonia | 27 | Cyprus | Episkopi | 2024 |
| Urvil Patel | Gujarat | 28 | Tripura | Indore | 2024 |
| Abhishek Sharma | Punjab | 28 | Meghalaya | Saurashtra | 2024 |
| Muhammad Fahad | Turkey | 29 | Bulgaria | Sofia | 2025 |
| Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 30 | Pune Warriors India | Bengaluru | 2013 |
| Vaibhav Suryavanshi | India A | 32 | UAE | Doha | 2025 |
| Rishabh Pant | Delhi | 32 | Himachal Pradesh | Delhi | 2018 |
| Wihan Lubbe | North West | 33 | Limpopo | Paarl | 2018 |
| Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton | Namibia | 33 | Nepal | Namibia | 2024 |
| Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe | 33 | Gambia | Nairobi (Ruaraka) | 2024 |
Before Suryavanshi, the highest score for India A in a T20 match was in the name of Ajinkya Rahane. On June 24, 2012, in Port of Spain, Rahane hammered 79 runs from 63 balls for India A against the West Indies A team.
/images/ppid_a911dc6a-image-176296964018656877.webp)
