2 min learnUp to date: Aug 31, 2026 01:24 PM IST
Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi etched his identify into the report books on Monday, changing into the youngest participant to attain a half-century in Duleep Trophy historical past at simply 15 years and 157 days. Taking part in for East Zone within the semifinal in opposition to Central Zone on the BCCI Centre of Excellence Floor 1 in Bengaluru, the attacking opener reached his fifty off simply 42 balls, smashing a six off off-spinner Saransh Jain to convey up the milestone.
The report had stood for 57 years, beforehand held by Laxman Singh, who scored a fifty at 16 years and 23 days within the 1969 version. Piyush Chawla had additionally registered a Duleep Trophy half-century at 16 years and 307 days in 2005.
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Sooryavanshi, nevertheless, fell agonisingly in need of breaking one other report. Had he transformed his knock right into a century, he would have shattered legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s 36-year-old report of being the youngest Duleep Trophy centurion. Tendulkar had scored a century within the 1990/91 season at 17 years and 262 days. Sooryavanshi was dismissed for 92 off 81 balls, simply eight runs in need of what would have been a historic ton.
If he had reached three figures, he would even have turn into the second-youngest Indian ever to attain a First-Class century. The report stays with Punjab’s Dhruv Pandove, who achieved the feat at 14 years and 293 days in opposition to Jammu & Kashmir within the 1988-89 Ranji Trophy season.
This was Sooryavanshi’s solely second fifty in First-Class cricket. The 15-year-old from Bihar has already made a reputation for himself in white-ball cricket, having turn into the youngest Indian to make his worldwide debut. Nonetheless, the explosive hitter is but to show his mettle in red-ball cricket, together with his First-Class numbers studying an underwhelming 215 runs from 13 innings at 16.53 earlier than this knock.
Sooryavanshi has additionally been appointed vice-captain of the East Zone aspect. On Sunday, he briefly took over the captaincy when Ishan Kishan left the sphere after being hit on the wrist whereas protecting. {The teenager} even took a profitable DRS evaluate in Kishan’s absence.
East Zone bundled out defending champions Central Zone for 266 after inviting them to bat. On the time of writing, East Zone have reached 199/2 in 37 overs.
