Vaibhav Suryavanshi becomes youngest player in the world to win this award in international cricket; what other milestones has he reached?
India completed a 3-0 series clean sweep by defeating Zimbabwe by 35 runs in the third T20 match. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who scored the highest total of 151 runs, was named Player of the Series. He became the youngest player in the world to win this award in international cricket.
In Harare, Suryavanshi scored 81 runs off 49 balls and was also named Player of the Match. He became the youngest Indian player to achieve this feat, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record. Suryavanshi has hit 86 sixes for India in T20s this year—the highest by any Indian.
Suryavanshi became the youngest player to win the Player of the Series award, setting the record at the age of 15 years and 121 days. He surpassed the record held by Afghanistan's Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who had won the award at the age of 16 years and 328 days.
Suryavanshi was named Player of the Match at the age of 15 years and 121 days, becoming the youngest Indian to win this award in international cricket. He broke Sachin Tendulkar's record; Sachin had achieved this feat against England at the age of 17 years and 112 days.
Suryavanshi also became the second-youngest player in the world to achieve this. Sierra Leone's Alusine Turay holds the record for the youngest player to win a Player of the Match award in international cricket, having achieved the feat at the age of 15 years and 74 days.
Suryavanshi set the record for the most 50+ scores in international cricket before the age of 16. He scored his second half-century at the age of 15 years and 121 days. Apart from him, Nepal's Kushal Malla had recorded a 50+ score once before turning 16.
Suryavanshi has joined the list of Indians who have hit the most T20 sixes in a single year. He ranks third on the list, having hit a total of 86 sixes across all T20 matches this year. Abhishek Sharma holds the top spot in this regard; he hit 108 sixes in 2025.
Among players who have hit at least 100 sixes in T20s, Suryavanshi boasts the best average for sixes per ball. He hits a six every 5.21 balls on average, whereas the ratio for other players is above 7.