{"id":173157,"date":"2026-05-27T09:27:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=173157"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:27:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:57:45","slug":"vaibhav-sooryavanshi-falls-three-runs-short-of-fastest-ipl-century-vs-srh-in-eliminator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=173157","title":{"rendered":"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi falls three runs short of fastest IPL century vs SRH in Eliminator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71030208\">Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fell just short of the fastest IPL century in his maiden appearance in an IPL 2026 Playoff match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh on May 27.<\/p>\n<p>Sooryavanshi fell for 97 in 29 balls. If he had reached a ton, it would have been one ball faster than Chris Gayle\u2019s 30-ball century for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Pune Warriors India in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>He was ultimately dismissed caught at third man off the bowling off Praful Hinge. His innings contained five fours and 12 sixes.<\/p>\n<p>He also moved past Chris Gayle\u2019s record for the most sixes in an IPL season. Gayle hit 59 in the 2012 season, and Sooryavanshi has now hit 65 in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>He still has the second and third-fastest tons in IPL history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fact-box\">\n<h5 class=\"main-title\">\nFastest centuries in IPL history<br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<p>Chris Gayle (RCB) vs Pune Warriors India &#8211; 30 balls &#8211; 2013<\/p>\n<p>Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (RR) vs Gujarat Titans &#8211; 35 balls &#8211; 2025<\/p>\n<p>Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (RR) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad &#8211; 36 balls &#8211; 2026<\/p>\n<p>Yusuf Pathan (RR) vs Mumbai Indians &#8211; 37 balls &#8211; 2010<\/p>\n<p>\nHeinrich Klaasen (SRH) vs Kolkata Knight Riders &#8211; 37 balls &#8211; 2025\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on May 27, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ipl\/srh-vs-rr-ipl-2026-eliminator-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-maiden-playoff-appearance-score-records-sixes\/article71030208.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fell just short of the fastest IPL century in his maiden appearance in an IPL 2026 Playoff match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh on May 27. Sooryavanshi fell for 97 in 29 balls. If he had reached a ton, it would have been one ball faster than Chris Gayle\u2019s 30-ball century for &#8230; <a title=\"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi falls three runs short of fastest IPL century vs SRH in Eliminator\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=173157\" aria-label=\"Read more about Vaibhav Sooryavanshi falls three runs short of fastest IPL century vs SRH in Eliminator\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PTI05_27_2026_000424A.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":173334,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=173334","url_meta":{"origin":173157,"position":0},"title":"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi falls short of Chris Gayle\u2019s record of fastest IPL century during SRH vs RR Eliminator","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"May 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fell just short of the fastest IPL century in his maiden appearance in an IPL 2026 Playoff match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh on May 27. 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