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Rajasthan Royals’ 14-year-old batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi made history as the youngest player to hit a century in men’s T20s.<\/p>\n
Suryavanshi pulled Rashid Khan for six to bring up the second fastest hundred in the Indian Premier League (IPL) – and fastest by an Indian player – from 35 balls.<\/p>\n
The teenage left-hander smashed seven fours and 11 sixes before he was eventually bowled for a stunning 101 from 38 balls as the Royals romped to a eight-wicket win over Gujarat Titans.<\/p>\n
Suryavanshi, who only turned 14 last month and was signed at last year’s auction for \u00a3103,789 (1.1 crore rupees), became the youngest player to feature in the IPL<\/a> earlier in April and made an immediate impact by hitting his first ball for six.<\/p>\n He showed all of that same swagger in Jaipur as he dismantled the Gujarat attack to ensure Rajasthan made light work of a chase of 210 for victory.<\/p>\n Suryavanshi put on 166 with India batter Yashasvi Jaiswal, who ended unbeaten on 70 from 40, in a remarkable display of hitting.<\/p>\n A maximum over deep mid-wicket brought up the century in the 11th over and only West Indies great Chris Gayle, with a 30-ball ton for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Pune Warriors in 2013, has got to the milestone quicker in the IPL.<\/p>\n Victory ended a run of five straight losses for Rajasthan to keep their slim hopes of making the knockout stages alive.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Gujarat – for whom Shubman Gill made 84 from 50 balls and former England skipper Jos Buttler hit an unbeaten half-century in a losing cause – drop to third in the IPL table on net run-rate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n