New Delhi: Fearless batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi lit up the Guwahati cricket stadium on Friday with a 15-ball half-century during the Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Indian Premier League clash.

Sooryavanshi, who seemed to be totally ruthless, pummeled the Bengaluru bowlers with a sizzling 26-ball 78-run knock during his team’s chase of 202 runs. En route his blistering innings, which left all the fans at the stadium in awe, the 15-year-old batter smacked 7 sixes and 8 boundaries to push the bowlers against the wall and complete half the work for the Royals.

The Royals Challengers enjoyed an early laughter with the quick wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal but what followed was merciless hitting from the Royals lad, who stitched a 108-stand with Dhruv Jurel before being caught at the boundary rope by RCB veteran Virat Kohli. By virtue of his 15-ball fifty, Sooryavanshi joined an elite list of Indian batters with fastest fifty in the IPL.

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 Sooryavanshi (RR) vs CSK, Guwahati, 2026
15 – Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (RR) vs RCB, Guwahati, 2026*

Not only did he script an individual record but also helped his side to register a big feat in the cash-rich league. His partnership with Jurel helped Rajasthan enter an elusive list of highest powerplay totals in the T20 league.

125/0 – SRH vs DC, Delhi, 2024
107/0 – SRH vs LSG, Hyderabad, 2024
105/0 – KKR vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2017
100/2 – CSK vs PBKS, Wankhede, 2014
97/1 – RR vs RCB, Guwahati, 2026*
94/1 – SRH vs RR, Hyderabad, 2025

At the time of filing this report, the Royals had scored 163/4 in 14 overs, needing 39 more runs to win the match. Jurel also slammed a half-century in the game.