65 Sixes for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in IPL 2026 - the most by any batter in a T20 tournament. He broke the record held by Chris Gayle with 59 sixes in IPL 2012. Gayle had taken 456 balls for his record. Sooryavanshi took 266.
16 Balls that Sooryavanshi took to complete his fifty against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) - the joint-fastest by any batter in IPL playoffs (or knockouts). Suresh Raina also had a 16-ball fifty against Kings XI Punjab in the Qualifier 2 in 2014.
242.85 Sooryavanshi's strike rate this season, where he scored 680 runs from 15 innings. He is the first batter with 600-plus runs in a T20 tournament while striking at 200 or more. Rilee Rossouw's 192.28 is the next best, having scored 623 runs during the 2022 T20 Blast.
12 Sixes by Sooryavanshi from just 29 balls in the Eliminator against SRH - the joint most by any Indian batter in an IPL innings. He equalled his own record, which he set against SRH in Jaipur earlier this season.
Sooryavanshi's 12 sixes are also the most by any batter in an IPL playoff (or knockout) game, going past Shubman Gill, who struck ten sixes against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Qualifier 2 in 2023.
Sooryavanshi's first ten sixes came in just 24 balls, the fewest deliveries taken by any batter in the IPL. Gayle hit his first ten sixes in 27 balls against Pune Warriors during his 175* in 2013.
8 out of Sooryavanshi's 12 sixes on Wednesday came in the powerplay, the most by a batter in this phase in an IPL innings. Five batters have hit seven sixes in an innings before, including Sooryavanshi against SRH earlier this season in Jaipur.
4 Instances of Sooryavanshi hitting ten or more sixes in an IPL innings, the joint highest alongside Gayle (4). Three of those four six-filled knocks have come in IPL 2026, the most for a batter in an edition.
334.48 Sooryavanshi's batting strike rate during his 29-ball 97, the highest for any batter in an IPL innings of 90 or more runs. The previous highest was 281.81 by Rajat Patidar who scored 93* off 33 balls against Gujarat Titans (GT) on Tuesday.
3 Instances of Sooryavanshi finishing with a 300-plus strike rate in an IPL innings where he scored 50 or more runs, the most by any batter. In all T20 cricket, this was the fourth time he had done that, equalling Kieron Pollard (4).
5 Instances of Sooryavanshi completing his fifty in the powerplay overs in the IPL, putting him just behind David Warner who has done it six times. Four of these fifties came in 2026, equalling Travis Head's four in 2024.
490 Runs that Sooryavanshi scored in the first six overs, the most by any batter in this phase in an IPL season. He went past Warner's tally of 467 runs in the 2016 season.