Vaibhav Sooryavanshi sets IPL 2026 batting records with remarkable season
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Jun 2, 2026, 5:02 PM
Last updated Jun 2, 2026
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has recorded an unprecedented IPL season in 2026, amassing 776 runs with a staggering strike-rate of 237.3. His tally includes 72 sixes, surpassing the previous record of 59 held by Chris Gayle. This achievement marks a historic progression in batting performance in T20 cricket. Sooryavanshi's numbers place him fourth in overall IPL runs while shattering the highest strike-rate record. His performance is likely to prompt further discussions on the possibilities of batting across the league’s history.
- •Sooryavanshi scores 776 runs in IPL 2026, the fourth highest in history.
- •His strike rate of 237.3 is the highest recorded in IPL.
- •He hits 72 sixes, breaking Gayle's long-held record of 59.
- •Around 89.3% of his runs come from boundaries.
- •Sooryavanshi achieves these numbers at just 15 years old.
- 5:02 PMYahoo Sports — Did Vaibhav Sooryavanshi deliver the greatest batting campaign in IPL history?
"If the question is which batter produced the most extreme combination of volume, speed and power across a single IPL season, the evidence points overwhelmingly in one direction. The IPL has seen bigger run tallies. It has seen cleaner six-hitters. What it had never seen before 2026 was a player score nearly 800 runs while striking at 237 and smashing 72 sixes. For 18 seasons, volume and violence existed separately. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi merged them, and that is why his IPL campaign 2026 may be on
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