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In the fourth Youth ODI of the five-match series, which is currently underway at the County Ground in Worcester, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the Indian U-19 batter, struck a century in just 52 balls against the England U-19 team. It meant that the 14-year-old etched his name in the history as the batter with the fastest century in Youth ODI history, taking England U-19 to the cleaners while displaying a range of fours and sixes all around the ground against pacers and spinners alike.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi broke the previous record of the fastest century in a Youth ODI, which was set by Kamran Ghulam of Pakistan against England in 53 balls, and his innings came to a close after scoring 143 runs in just 78 balls with 13 fours and 10 sixes. In the top five list of the fastest centuries in Youth ODIs, there is another Indian player currently, whose name is Raj Angad Bawa, and he achieved the feat in 69 balls against the Uganda U-19 team.
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In the year 2025, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has taken the world of cricket by storm, starting with his incredible batting display during the Indian Premier League (IPL) as a 14-year-old while playing for Rajasthan Royals (RR). He scored the second fastest hundred in IPL history in just 35 balls for RR against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, finding himself behind the legendary Chris Gayle in the all-time list, which came in just 30 balls.
India U-19 currently have a 2-1 lead in the five-match Youth ODI series against England U-19, and in their batting innings in the fourth match, they have reached 337/7 in 45 overs, looking to set a mammoth target.
Below are the playing XI of England U-19 and India U-19 for the fourth Youth ODI:
England U-19: Ayush Mhatre (c), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra, Rahul Kumar, Harvansh Pangalia, Abhigyan Kundu (wk), Kanishk Chouhan, RS Ambrish, Deepesh Devendran, Yudhajit Guha, Naman Pushpak
India U-19: Joseph Moores, BJ Dawkins, Ben Mayes, Rocky Flintoff, Thomas Rew (c)/(wk), James Isbell, Ralphie Albert, Sebastian Morgan, Jack Home, James Minto, Tazeem Chaudry Ali
