U19 World Cup - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Smashes 175 off 80, Shatters Records

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Smashes 175 off 80 -Records Broken Left,Right and Centre

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi produced a sensational knock of 175 to put India in a dominant position against England in the U19 World Cup 2026 final in Harare, rewriting several records along the way. Sooryavanshi's assault helped India post a mammoth 411 runs on the board.

175 - Sooryavanshi’s 175 is the first instance of a 150-plus score in a knockout match of the U19 World Cup. The earlier highest in playoffs was Nicholas Pooran’s 143 against Australia in the 2014 quarter-final in Dubai, while the previous best in a final was Unmukt Chand’s unbeaten 111 against Australia in Townsville in 2012.

The innings also ranks as the second-highest score by an Indian in Youth ODIs, behind only Ambati Rayudu’s 177* against England U19 in Taunton in 2002. Sooryavanshi’s own 171 against UAE U19 at ICCA, Dubai in December sits third on that list.

14 years and 316 days - At 14 years and 316 days, Sooryavanshi became the youngest player to score a century in U19 World Cup history, surpassing Babar Azam, who achieved the feat at 15 years and 92 days against West Indies in Palmerston North in 2010. Among known records, only Sooryavanshi (four) and Najmul Hossain Shanto (one) have scored Youth ODI hundreds before turning 15.

Earlier in December, he had already created history by becoming the youngest List A centurion at 14 years and 272 days, reaching the milestone against Arunachal Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

55 - The left-hander reached his hundred in just 55 balls, making it the second-fastest century in U19 World Cup history, behind Will Malajczuk’s 51-ball hundred for Australia against Japan earlier in the same tournament.

218.75 - Sooryavanshi’s strike-rate of 218.75 during his 175 off 80 balls is the highest ever recorded for an innings of at least 50 balls in U19 World Cup history, ahead of Will Malajczuk’s 185.45 against Japan earlier in the tournament.

He also became the fastest player to reach 150 in the U19 World Cup, getting there in just 71 balls and breaking Ben Mayes’ earlier mark of 98 balls set at the same venue in this edition.

Earlier in the season, Sooryavanshi had smashed the fastest List A 150 as well, reaching the landmark in 59 balls against Arunachal Pradesh and going past AB de Villiers’ previous record of 64 balls set against West Indies in the 2015 World Cup in Sydney.

411 - India’s total of 411/9 made them the first side to cross the 350-run mark in a U19 World Cup knockout match. Their previous best was 349/6 against Namibia in the 2016 quarter-final in Fatullah, powered by Rishabh Pant’s 111 off 96 balls. The earlier highest total in a final was Australia’s 253/7 against India in 2024.

Overall, this was India’s third 400-plus total in U19 World Cup history, with no other team having more than one such score.

110 & 30 - Sooryavanshi now has 110 sixes in just 25 Youth ODI innings, comfortably the highest tally, exactly double the next best — Bangladesh’s Zawad Abrar with 55.

His 30 sixes in the U19 World Cup 2026 are the most by any player in a single edition of the tournament, surpassing the previous record of 18 jointly held by Dewald Brevis (2022) and Finn Allen (across 2016 and 2018). They are followed by Jack Burnham’s 15 in 2016 and 14 each by Michael Hill (2008) and Nicholas Pooran (2014).

15 - The 15 sixes he struck in this innings are also the most in a Youth ODI innings (where records are available), bettering his own previous mark of 14 against UAE U19 in December. The earlier U19 World Cup record belonged to Australia’s Michael Hill against Namibia in Penang in 2008.

Sooryavanshi also became the first player in U19 World Cup history to register four 50-plus scores in a single edition while maintaining a strike-rate above 100 in each of those innings.

439 - With 439 runs in the tournament, he now holds the fifth-highest aggregate in a single U19 World Cup edition, behind Dewald Brevis (506 in 2022), Shikhar Dhawan (505 in 2004), Brett Williams (471 in 1988) and Ben Mayers (444 in 2026). Afghanistan’s Faisal Shinozada, who scored a century in the semi-final, sits sixth with 435 runs.