In a brief career full of achievements,Rajasthan Royalsopener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi broke yet another record on Saturday when he hit a 36-ball century against Sunrisers Hyderabad. With the aid of five fours and 12 sixes. He reached his secondIPLcentury, which was also the third-quickest century in the league. Sooryavanshi had earlier reached his half-century in just 15 balls after being dropped by Aniket Verma; he had also accomplished this earlier in the season. He also became the youngest player to score 1000 T20 runs due to his aggressive hitting.

After scoring an incredible 80-ball 175 in India's Under-19 World Cup victory in February, Sooryavanshi, who turned 15 last month, came back for his second IPL season with high hopes, and he has proved his potential in the cash-rich league once again.

However, his knock came to an end on the very next ball as Sakib Hussain removed the young prodigy in the form of a LBW. He walked back after scoring a stunning 103 off just 37 balls. He now has both the second and third fastest IPL century to his name.

The young player may also be selected for the India T20I tour to Ireland in June, making him the nation's youngest player. The 15-year-old may get his big break in the short series right before a white-ball tour of England, according to some recent reports.

So far this season, the left-hander has already hit a 26-ball 78 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, a 17-ball 52 against Chennai Super Kings, and a 14-ball 39 against Mumbai Indians. He has already hammered some of the world's top bowlers in the previous edition and is continuing the trend this year. He has faced players like Josh Hazlewood and Jasprit Bumrah, whom he struck for a six on the first ball he faced, with ease and does not appear intimidated by his notoriety.

Sooryavanshi was praised earlier this week by former Indian World Cup winner Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who compared him to the great Sachin Tendulkar and said that he may become the next Indian cricket demi-god.

“When I went in a tour as captain in 1989, that time there was a prodigy at the age of 16– a young boy called Sachin Tendulkar. Today, he’s the god of cricket. Similarly, this boy can be the next demi-god of cricket. I think this boy has got tremendous talent,” he said.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has scored 357 runs in 8 matches with an extraordinary strike rate of 234.87. Currently, both KL Rahul and Sooryavanshi have 357 runs. Rahul has scored them in 7 matches and edges the RR prodigy in terms of average, but young Vaibhav got the upper hand when it comes to strike rate.

As for the match, Sooryavanshi's century helped Rajasthan Royals score 228/6 in their allotted 20 overs. Dhruv Jurel (51 off 35) and Donovan Ferreira (33 off 16 balls) made crucial contributions as well.

"(on hitting a first-ball six) There's no plan as such to hit the first ball for six. I spoke to Yash bhaiya before the match and he told me - let's play freely and back our games, that's what happened today," said Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the mid-innings interaction.

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