Duleep Trophy 2026: Young batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi has created history by batting brilliantly in his second match of Duleep Trophy. Vaibhav, playing for East Zone, completed his half-century in just 42 balls in the match against Central Zone. With this, he has become the youngest batsman to score a half-century in the history of Duleep Trophy. He made a record of about 57 years old.

Vaibhav’s age as on 31st August 2026 15 years 157 days Is. Earlier this record was in the name of Laxman Singh, who had scored a half-century in the Duleep Trophy in 1969 at the age of 16 years and 23 days.

The name of Piyush Chawla is also included in this list, who scored a half-century in 2005 at the age of 16 years 307 days.

Vaibhav was able to score only 8 runs in the first match

Vaibhav Suryavanshi is part of the East Zone in this season of Duleep Trophy. The team played its first match against North East Zone and won. However, in this match Vaibhav could not do anything special with the bat and only 8 runs Was out after making it.

However, he definitely made an impact in bowling and in the match.

two wickets Achieved. East Zone did not need to bat in the second innings of the match, as the team won the match by an innings difference.

Showed aggressive style against central zone

In the second match, East Zone is facing Central Zone. Central Zone batted first 266 runs Make it. In response, East Zone’s innings was started by Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Abhimanyu Easwaran.

Vaibhav adopted an aggressive style from the beginning and scored runs quickly.

he just Completed his half century in 42 balls Did it. During this, a six also came from his bat. During his innings, the opposing team got two chances to catch him, but the catches could not be taken on both the occasions.

57 year old record demolished

After completing his half-century, Vaibhav Suryavanshi made the record of being the youngest to score 50 runs in Duleep Trophy. By achieving this feat at the age of 15 years and 157 days, he broke Laxman Singh’s almost 57 year old record.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi is now at first place in the list of youngest batsmen to score a Duleep Trophy half-century.

After them come the names of Laxman Singh and Piyush Chawla.

Missed a century after scoring 92 runs

Even after completing his half-century, Vaibhav continued his aggressive batting. However, he was just short of completing the century. 8 runs away Remained. Vaibhav has 92 runs on 79 balls Played a brilliant innings.

in this innings of his 7 fours and 7 sixes Stay involved.

He scored runs at a strike rate of 116.46. He was out while playing another big shot in an attempt to complete his century.

This innings of Vaibhav once again showed that despite his young age, he has the ability to bat aggressively on the big stage. In the second match of Duleep Trophy, he not only played a brilliant innings but also made a historical record in his name.