Vaibhav Sooryavanshi creates history, breaks Chris Gayle's record for most sixes in an IPL season

Rajasthan Royals teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continued his dream IPL 2026 campaign by rewriting multiple records during the Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh on Wednesday. The 15-year-old prodigy not only became the youngest player to score 600 runs in an IPL season but also surpassed Chris Gayles long-standing record for the most sixes in a single edition of the tournament.Vaibhav Sooryavanshi breaks Chris Gayles six-hitting recordSooryavanshi entered the Eliminator as the leading six-hitter of IPL 2026 and extended his dominance further. The Rajasthan Royals opener now has 60 sixes this season, surpassing Chris Gayles previous IPL record of 59 maximums set during the 2012 season.Most sixes in a single IPL season1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 60 (2026) *2.

Chris Gayle - 59 (2012)3. Andre Russell - 52 (2019)4. Chris Gayle - 51 (2013)5. Jos Buttler - 45 (2022)Youngest batter to reach 600 runs in IPL historyThe Rajasthan Royals opener also became the youngest player ever to complete 600 runs in an IPL season.

The record was previously held by Rishabh Pant, who achieved the milestone for Delhi Daredevils during the 2018 edition.Sooryavanshis consistency throughout the tournament has been one of the biggest reasons behind Rajasthan Royals successful campaign. Remarkably, he has maintained a strike rate above 230 while crossing the 600-run mark, a feat unmatched in T20 cricket.No batter before him had scored 600 or more runs in a T20 tournament while maintaining a strike rate above 200, highlighting the unique nature of his season.Before the Eliminator, Sooryavanshi had already become the teenager with the highest aggregate in a T20 tournament. He overtook Devdutt Padikkals tally of 580 runs in the 2019-20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy campaign for Karnataka.Equals Suresh Rainas Playoff recordAs if breaking multiple tournament records was not enough, Sooryavanshi also matched one of the most iconic IPL playoff achievements. The left-handed opener smashed a blistering half-century in just 16 balls, equalling Suresh Rainas record for the fastest fifty in IPL playoff history.Raina had achieved the feat for Kings XI Punjab in the 2014 playoffs, and more than a decade later, Sooryavanshi joined the elite list with another breathtaking display of power-hitting.Playing XIs:Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Yash PunjaImpact substitutes: Shubham Dubey, Sushant Mishra, Amanal Perala, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar DeshpandeSunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful HingeImpact substitutes: Aniket Verma, Salil Arora, Liam Livingstone, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel