Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hits record-breaking 11-ball half-century for India A towards Sri Lanka A

Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi struck a exceptional 11-ball 50 for India A, breaking the file for the quickest half-century within the historical past of Record A 50-over cricket.

The 15-year-old’s newest exceptional feat got here for India A towards Sri Lanka A as he made 94 off 29 balls in a complete of 377-9, a knock that included 10 fours and eight sixes.

He confronted only one dot ball in his fifty and hit 5 fours and 5 sixes from the opposite 10 balls to deliver up the landmark.

The earlier quickest in 50-over cricket was Thisara Perera’s 13-ball knock for the Sri Lankan Military in 2021, whereas the quickest internationally was 16 balls which was achieved by South Africa’s AB de Villiers and West Indies’ Matthew Forde.

Sooryavanshi’s knock got here on the identical day that he was not included in India’s full squad for the upcoming one-day worldwide sequence towards England.

He has been named of their T20 aspect for matches towards each Eire and England subsequent month, when he might make his worldwide debut after an unbelievable rise which has included being this yr’s main run-scorer within the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Virat Kohli might return to the ODI aspect if he passes a health check after a hamstring harm, whereas quick bowler Jasprit Bumrah can also be included however batter Yashasvi Jaiswal and all-rounder Hardik Pandya miss out.

The primary T20 v Eire takes place on 26 June earlier than the five-match sequence towards England begins on 1 July, adopted by three ODIs beginning on 14 July.

India ODI squad v England: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (topic to health clearance), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar.