New Delhi: Vibhu Suryavanshi on Tuesday added another chapter to his extraordinary IPL 2026 season, scoring a record-breaking 93 off just 38 balls against Lucknow Supergiants in Jaipur in an innings that further cemented his status as the tournament’s breakout star.At just 15, the Rajasthan opener has turned every out into a record chase, and his latest foray while chasing 221 was no different. Although he fell painfully short of a second century that season, the youngster still went on to reach and break a remarkable list of milestones. Fastest under 500 and eliteSuryavanshi became the youngest player in IPL history to score 500 runs in a season, surpassing Rishabh Pant, who set the previous mark at the age of 20 for Delhi in 2018.He now has 574 runs in IPL 2026, and more impressively, has done so at a strike rate of 236.3, the highest ever for a batsman with over 500 runs in an IPL season.That number puts him ahead of some of the most explosive campaigns in league history, including Andre Russell’s 204.8 in 2019 and Abhishek Sharma’s 202.0 this season.
Highest strike rate (at least 500+ runs) in an IPL season
- 236.3 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (2026)*
- 204.8 – Andre Russell (2019)
- 202.0 – Abhishek Sharma (2026)
- 196.2 – Nicholas Puran (2025)
- 191.5 – Travis Head (2024)
- 187.7 – Glenn Maxwell (2014)
- 183.1 – Chris Gayle (2011)
The six-hitting record fell once again.The 15-year-old also became the first Indian to hit 50 sixes in an IPL season and has already taken that tally to 53. Only Chris Gayle’s 59 sixes in 2012 now tops him on the all-time list.His 10 sixes against LSG made him only the third batsman in IPL history to hit 10 or more sixes in an innings on multiple occasions, joining Gayle and Abhishek. In the current season, only Finn Allen has accomplished the feat twice.Rajasthan’s power play has also been dominated almost entirely by the youngster. According to Crackways, RR now holds the record for most sixes in the Powerplay in a single IPL season with 60. Suryavanshi alone accounts for 37 of them.
Most sixes in an IPL season
- 59 – Chris Gayle (2012)
- 53* – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (2026)
- 52 – Andre Russell (2019)
- 51 – Chris Gayle (2013)
- 45 – Jos Buttler (2022)
- 44 – Chris Gayle (2011)
- 42 – Abhishek Sharma (2024)
The Jaipur Massacre created a huge following.LSG took their total to 220/5 after Mitchell Marsh’s 96 and Josh Inglis’ 60.But Suryavanshi made the chase a routine. He started slowly, reaching just 11 off his first 12 balls before exploding. He scored 26 off an over from Akash Singh and 29 off an over from Mayank Yadav, reaching his fifty off 23 balls.By the time Mohsin Khan dismissed him for 93, the result was beyond doubt. Dhruv Jural remained unbeaten on 53 as Rajasthan chased down 221 in 19.1 overs to move up to fourth in the points table.
