Carnage in Dubai! Vaibhav Suryavanshi smashes world record six hits in U-19 Asia Cup | Cricket News
NEW DELHI: Indian teenage prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi continues to rewrite the record books with every innings he plays. On Friday in Dubai, the 14-year-old opener unleashed one of the most destructive knocks in Youth ODI history, hammering a breathtaking score of 171 off just 95 balls against the UAE in the opening match of the U-19 Asia Cup – an innings powered by 14 towering sixes, the most ever hit in a Youth ODI innings.Go beyond borders with our YouTube channel. REGISTER NOW!Coming in after the UAE opted to field, Suryavanshi wasted no time in asserting his dominance. He reached a fifty in 30 balls, reached his century in 56 balls and then accelerated into a completely different dimension. The young southpaw sliced through the UAE attack with effortless power, dotting the Dubai skies with one monstrous strike after another.
By the time he crossed 150 – in just 84 balls – Suryavanshi had already broken two major Asian records. He first surpassed Afghanistan’s Darwish Rasooli’s mark of 10 sixes in an innings of the U-19 Asia Cup (set in 2017), and soon after broke Rasooli’s overall tournament record of 22 sixes. Suryavanshi’s total now stands at 26, and the tournament has only just begun.His 171 is also the second highest score by an Indian in U-19 ODIs, behind only Ambati Rayudu’s unbeaten 177 against England in 2002.The six-hit storm didn’t stop at Asian records – Suryavanshi also broke the Youth ODI world record for the most sixes in an innings, surpassing Australian Michael Hill’s 12 against Namibia in 2008. The 14-year-old from Samastipur, Bihar, is now the first player in Youth ODI history to hit 50 career sixes, an astonishing feat considering his age.
Most sixes in a youth ODI sleeves
- 14* – Vaibhav Sooryavanshi v UAE, 2025
- 12 – Michael Hill v Namibia, 2008
- 11 – Craig Simmons against Kenya, 2002
- 10 – Shahzaib Khan vs India, 2024
Suryavanshi’s meteoric rise has been equally breathtaking in all formats. During the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy earlier this season, he became the first teenager to record three T20 centuries, and he recently smashed a 32-ball hundred for India A in Qatar.
