Vaibhav Suryavanshi blasts unreal 144 off 42 in Asia Cup, puts pressure on Ajit Agarkar

The 14-year-old opening batsman, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, has set the stage on fire in the ongoing match of the ACC Men's Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 on Friday, November 14.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi played an exceptional knock on Children's Day and punished the United Arab Emirates (UAE) bowlers at the West End Park International Cricket Stadium in Doha.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi plays a destructive knock

India A won the toss in the second match of the ACC Men's Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 and opted to bat first. Two of the most aggressive young batters in the world - Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Priyansh Arya - opened the innings for India A, and fireworks were expected when they arrived in the middle.

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However, India started off slow and on the fourth ball of the second over, which was bowled by Muhammad Rohid Khan, Priyansh Arya got run out for 10 runs off 6 balls.

After that, it was a one-man show from the 14-year-old opening batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who switched on his beast mode and made life hell for the UAE bowling unit.

He toyed with the United Arab Emirates bowlers, and Naman Dhir was a mere spectator from the other end. Suryavanshi's attacking batting helped him reach the three-figure mark for India A in no time as he completed his century off just 32 balls.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi creates history

The batter wasn't satisfied after hitting the ton, and he kept batting brilliantly before falling in the 13th over. On the third ball of the 13th over, Muhammad Farazuddin managed to pick the wicket of the explosive batter. He finished his innings with 144 runs off 42 balls, with 11 fours and 15 sixes.

At one point in time, it looked like Suryavanshi would slam a double ton, but unfortunately, that didn't happen. However, he still managed to create several records.

The left-handed batter became the only batter with two T20 hundreds in less than 35 balls and the first cricketer to score a century for India A in a T20 match.

At 14 years and 232 days, Suryavanshi became the youngest to hit a hundred for a men’s national representative side, and his strike rate of 324.85 is the fourth-highest for any men’s T20 hundred.

He scored 134 of his 144 runs via boundaries, which is a whopping 93.05% and only three men have ever recorded more runs in fours and sixes in a T20 match.

32-BALL CENTURY FOR VAIBHAV SURYAVANSHI!!!pic.twitter.com/BIkai5Oqll

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) November 14, 2025

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who has already scored centuries in IPL, Youth ODI, Youth Test, and now in the Asia Cup, is putting pressure on the Ajit Agarkar-led BCCI selection committee to draft him into the senior team and not judge him based on his age.

India A and the United Arab Emirates Playing XIs

India A (Playing XI): Priyansh Arya, Vaibhav, Nehal Wadhera, Naman Dhir, Jitesh Sharma(w/c), Ramandeep Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harsh Dubey, Yash Thakur, Gurjapneet Singh, Suyash Sharma

United Arab Emirates (Playing XI): Alishan Sharafu(c), Syed Haider(w), Sohaib Khan, Mayank Rajesh Kumar, Harshit Kaushik, Aayan Afzal Khan, Ahmed Tariq, Muhammad Arfan, Muhammad Farazuddin, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Muhammad Jawadullah

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