Indian 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi obliterates 32-ball international century against UAE

Indian teenager Vaibhav Suryavanshi has smashed a breathtaking 144 off 42 balls as his second Twenty20 century powered India A to a mammoth total of 4-297 in their Asia Cup Rising Stars match against the UAE in Doha.

The 14-year-old, who reached his ton off just 32 deliveries, left carnage in his wake on Friday, smashing 11 boundaries and clearing the rope an astonishing 15 times as he plundered 134 runs through fours and sixes alone.

In one remarkable over, Suryavanshi faced just five deliveries and still extracted 30 runs from them.

Suryavanshi shot to fame in the Indian Premier League this year when he became the youngest player to bring up a century in men’s T20 cricket in what was just his third innings.

Now, at 14 years and 232 days, Suryavanshi has etched his name into cricket history as the youngest player to hit a century for a men’s national team, turning what should have been a routine group match into a record-breaking spectacle.

The teenager’s assault had India A cruising toward an unthinkable 300-plus total before he was finally caught in the 13th over.

However, captain Jitesh Sharma ensured no momentum was lost, clubbing an unbeaten 83 off 32 balls.

The batting prodigy is well known to young Australian bowlers already. In an Under-19 Test in Chennai last year, Suryavanshi scored a 58-ball ton, the second-fastest Youth Test century ever recorded, while he also hit a 78-ball century against them in Brisbane in October.

In July, he also scored his first century in an under-19 ODI, smashing 143 off 78 balls against England at Worcester.