Vaibhav Suryavanshi gave a big statement before IPL 2026 and told whose record he wants to break. In the last IPL of 2025, Vaibhav had set a big record by scoring a century in 35 balls. He became the Indian batsman to score the fastest century in the history of IPL.
Now it seems that Vaibhav is not satisfied with scoring a century in 35 balls, he wants to break Chris Gayle’s record of 175 runs. However, it is worth noting that in the final of the Under-19 World Cup played this year, Vaibhav played a brilliant inning of 175 runs and made an important contribution in helping Team India win.
Target on Chris Gayle’s 175 runs
During BCCI’s Naman Awards, Vaibhav was asked whether he would like to hit six sixes in an over or score the fastest IPL century or break Chris Gayle’s record of 175 runs? Vaibhav said without any delay, “Breaking the record of 175 runs.”
Boss Baby has his eyes set for this one! 👀
Will Vaibhav Sooryavanshi achieve this feat in the #TATAIPL 2026 ✍️👇
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When did Gayle score 175 runs?
So let us tell you that while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013, Gayle played a brilliant inning of 175* runs in 66 balls against Pune Warriors, which included 13 fours and 17 sixes. This became the highest individual score in IPL history. Now it will be interesting to see how long Vaibhav can break this record.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s IPL career
Talking about Vaibhav’s IPL career, he has played 7 matches so far. Batting in 7 innings of these matches, Vaibhav has scored 252 runs at an average of 36 and strike rate of 206.55. During this period, he scored 1 century and 1 half-century, in which the high score was 101 runs.
Vaibhav made his IPL debut last season playing for Rajasthan Royals. The franchise had bought him for a price of Rs 1.10 crore. Now it will be interesting to see how Vaibhav performs in the upcoming season.
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