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Bhuvneshwar-Hazelwood came on Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s radar, scored half-century in just 15 balls

Samira Vishwas | April 11, 2026 7:24 AM CST

Like every time, this time also 15 year old Rajasthan Royals player Vaibhav Suryavanshi spoiled the condition of the bowlers with his aggressive game. This time his target was experienced bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood. Beating both the bowlers fiercely, Vaibhav scored a stormy half-century in just 15 balls and completely changed the course of the match.

This explosive feat of Vaibhav Suryavanshi was seen in the 16th match of IPL 2026. This match was played on 10 April at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. Where Rajasthan Royals (RR) faced Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

Bhuvi-Hazelwood came on Vaibhav’s radar

Vaibhav Suryavanshi started his innings against RCB with a four. After this he thrashed all the bowlers in the powerplay. However, the most talked about thing was when Vaibhav batted fearlessly against Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood. He first made Hazlewood his victim in the third over and scored 18 runs in that over with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. After this, in the very next over he took Bhuvi on his radar. In the 5th over, Vaibhav scored 16 runs against Bhuvneshwar, which included 2 consecutive sixes and 1 four.

However, Vaibhav Suryavanshi was dismissed by Krunal Pandya on the first ball of the 9th over, which proved to be the biggest wicket of the match. In this explosive innings, Vaibhav scored 78 runs in 26 balls at a strike rate of 300, which included 8 fours and 7 sixes.

Vaibhav’s name registered in the record book

After completing his half-century in 15 balls, Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s name got registered in many record books. The first thing in this is that for RR, the players who have completed 50 runs in IPL within the first 6 overs of an innings include Jos Buttler 3 times, Vaibhav Suryavanshi 3 times, Yashasvi Jaiswal 2 times, and Michael Lamb, Ben Stokes and Nitish Rana 1 time each.

Highest score of 50 runs in less than 20 balls in IPL

4 times – nicholas puran
4 times – Abhishek Sharma
3 times – Jake Fraser-McGurk
3 times – travis head
3 times – Vaibhav Suryavanshi

Fastest Fifty by an Indian in IPL (in terms of balls)

13 – Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) vs KKR, Kolkata, 2023
14 – KL Rahul (PBKS) vs DC, Mohali, 2018
15 – Yusuf Pathan (KKR) vs SRH, Kolkata, 2014
15 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR) vs CSK, Guwahati, 2026
15 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR) vs RCB, Guwahati, 2026