Vaibhav Suryavanshi Smashes Fastest List-A Fifty in 11 Balls

New Delhi. Teen cricketer Vaibhav Suryavanshi has set a new world record for the fastest half-century in List-A 50-over cricket history, scoring a fifty in just 11 balls while playing for India 'A'.

15-year-old Suryavanshi played a explosive innings of 94 runs in 29 balls for India 'A' against Sri Lanka 'A'. In the match where India scored 377 runs for the loss of 9 wickets, he hit 10 fours and 8 sixes. He could not score runs off only one ball while completing his half-century. In the remaining 10 balls, he achieved this historic feat by hitting 5 fours and 5 sixes.

Earlier, the record for the fastest half-century in 50-over cricket was held by Sri Lanka's Thisara Perera. Perera had scored a fifty in 13 balls while playing for Sri Lanka Army in 2021. In international one-day cricket, South Africa's AB de Villiers and West Indies' Matthew Forde had scored fifties in 16-16 balls.

Suryavanshi's explosive innings came on the same day he was not included in India's main squad for the upcoming ODI series against England.

However, he has been included in the Indian squad for the T20 series against Ireland and England next month. Where he has a strong possibility of debuting in international cricket. His cricket journey has accelerated further after becoming the highest run-scorer in this year's Indian Premier League (IPL).

On the other hand, experienced batter Virat Kohli may return to the ODI team if he recovers from a hamstring injury and passes a fitness test. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is also included in the team, but young batter Yashasvi Jaiswal and all-rounder Hardik Pandya did not make it to the team this time.

The first T20 match between India and Ireland will be on June 26. After that, the five-match T20 series against England will start from July 1, while the three-match ODI series is scheduled to be played from July 14.

India's ODI squad against England:

Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (subject to fitness clearance), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (Wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (Wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Gurnoor Brar.