{"id":22270,"date":"2025-04-28T23:19:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=592490"},"modified":"2025-04-28T23:19:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:49:42","slug":"vaibhav-suryavanshi-receives-over-3-lakh-followers-on-instagram-after-rr-opener-smashes-35-ball-maiden-ton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/vaibhav-suryavanshi-receives-over-3-lakh-followers-on-instagram-after-rr-opener-smashes-35-ball-maiden-ton\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaibhav Suryavanshi receives over 3 lakh followers on Instagram after RR opener smashes 35-ball maiden ton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"204\" data-end=\"525\">In a moment that will be remembered for generations, Rajasthan Royals\u2019 14-year-old batting sensation <strong data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"328\">Vaibhav Suryavanshi<\/strong> set the cricketing world alight, not just with his record-breaking century against Gujarat Titans, but also on social media \u2014 where he received <strong data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"514\">over 3 lakh Instagram follow requests<\/strong> while the young gun was hitting massive sixes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"823\">Playing at the <strong data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"578\">Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur<\/strong>, Suryavanshi stunned fans and experts alike by smashing a breathtaking <strong data-start=\"650\" data-end=\"679\">century off just 35 balls<\/strong>, making it the <strong data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"721\">second-fastest hundred<\/strong> in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), only behind Chris Gayle\u2019s 30-ball carnage in 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"1135\">Chasing a massive <strong data-start=\"843\" data-end=\"861\">210-run target<\/strong>, Vaibhav began his innings with fearless intent. His incredible knock featured <strong data-start=\"941\" data-end=\"962\">11 towering sixes<\/strong> and multiple blazing boundaries. He particularly dismantled <strong data-start=\"1023\" data-end=\"1038\">Karim Janat<\/strong>, hammering him for <strong data-start=\"1058\" data-end=\"1086\">30 runs in a single over<\/strong> \u2014 the most expensive over of Janat\u2019s IPL career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1137\" data-end=\"1464\">The century moment arrived in the <strong data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1184\">11th over<\/strong> when he pulled a slightly short delivery from Rashid Khan over deep mid-wicket, bringing up his ton in emphatic style. The celebrations were iconic \u2014 cricket legend <strong data-start=\"1350\" data-end=\"1366\">Rahul Dravid<\/strong> was seen rising \u201coff his wheelchair\u201d to applaud, while the entire Jaipur crowd erupted in unison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1466\" data-end=\"1529\"><strong data-start=\"1466\" data-end=\"1529\">Key milestones from Vaibhav Suryavanshi\u2019s historic innings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1531\" data-end=\"1991\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1531\" data-end=\"1595\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1595\"><strong data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1574\">Youngest ever to score a T20 hundred:<\/strong> 14 years and 32 days<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1596\" data-end=\"1649\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1598\" data-end=\"1649\"><strong data-start=\"1598\" data-end=\"1640\">Fastest fifty by a player in IPL 2025:<\/strong> 17 balls<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1650\" data-end=\"1703\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1652\" data-end=\"1703\"><strong data-start=\"1652\" data-end=\"1694\">Second-fastest century in IPL history:<\/strong> 35 balls<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1704\" data-end=\"1813\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1706\" data-end=\"1813\"><strong data-start=\"1706\" data-end=\"1771\">Equalled record for most sixes by an Indian in IPL (11 sixes)<\/strong>, matching Murali Vijay\u2019s record from 2010<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1814\" data-end=\"1945\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1816\" data-end=\"1945\"><strong data-start=\"1816\" data-end=\"1881\">Part of Rajasthan Royals\u2019 highest-ever partnership (166 runs)<\/strong>, surpassing the previous 155-run record by Buttler and Padikkal<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1946\" data-end=\"1991\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1948\" data-end=\"1991\"><strong data-start=\"1948\" data-end=\"1986\">RR\u2019s highest-ever Powerplay score:<\/strong> 87\/0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1993\" data-end=\"2244\">Following his heroics, Vaibhav\u2019s Instagram account (@vaibhav_sooryavanshi09) \u2014 already boasting over <strong data-start=\"2094\" data-end=\"2112\">595K followers<\/strong> \u2014 was flooded with more than <strong data-start=\"2142\" data-end=\"2172\">3 lakh new follow requests<\/strong> in less than 24 hours, underlining the meteoric rise of the young star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2246\" data-end=\"2394\">From cricket legends to fans across the globe, social media exploded with tributes, all hailing Vaibhav Suryavanshi as the future of Indian cricket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a moment that will be remembered for generations, Rajasthan Royals\u2019 14-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi set the cricketing world\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3984],"class_list":["post-22270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-vaibhav-suryavanshi"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}