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Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his debut in T20 International cricket on 4th July. Since then he was waiting for his first international half-century. This wait continued for three matches but on 23 July he finally achieved this milestone. In the first T20 match between India and Zimbabwe, Vaibhav hit a brilliant fifty in just 18 balls. With this explosive inning, he also broke Sachin Tendulkar’s 37-year-old record.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi has so far scored 92 runs in 4 matches at an explosive strike rate of 209.10. The special thing is that he scored these 92 runs in just 44 balls. During this period, a brilliant half-century also came from his bat.

Vaibhav broke Sachin’s record

With this, Vaibhav has become the youngest player to score 50+ in male international cricket. He achieved this historic feat at the age of just 15 years and 118 days. Earlier this record was in the name of Sachin Tendulkar.

• 15 years 118 days – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (India) v Zimbabwe, Harare, 2026 (T20I)
• 16 years 213 days – Sachin Tendulkar (India), against Pakistan, Faisalabad, 1989 (Test)
• 16 years 214 days – Shahid Afridi (Pakistan), against Sri Lanka, Nairobi, 1996 (ODI)
• 17 years 39 days – Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak), v India, Kolkata, 1960 (Test)
• 17 years 63 days –Mohammad Ashraful (Bangladesh), v Sri Lanka, Colombo, 2001 (Test)

Youngest batsman to score first fifty in T20 International

• 15 years 118 days – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (India) vs Zimbabwe, Harare, 2026
• 16 years 56 days – Lewis Bruce (Gibraltar) vs Malta, Albergaria, 2021
• 16 years 76 days – Kavin Chadha (Indonesia) vs Sweden, Bali, 2026
• 16 years 89 days – Alusine Turay (Sierra Leone) v Ghana, Benoni, 2023
• 16 years 118 days – Tenzin Rabge (Bhutan) vs China, Kuala Lumpur, 2023

If we talk about all the countries, the only two players who have scored 50+ before turning 16 are India’s Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Nepal’s Kushal Malla. Kushal Malla scored a half-century in the ODI match played against America in Kirtipur in 2020 at the age of 15 years and 340 days.