Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, The Switch: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hits century in 25 balls, Shreyas Iyer’s record not broken

Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s century (Photo: Videograb)

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- Kevin Pietersen: No matter the ground. Whatever the condition. If Vaibhav Suryavanshi is standing without fear in the 22 yards area, then it is inevitable that there will be a ruckus and a storm of bats. The same was seen in the next episode of Kevin Pietersen’s YouTube channel ‘The Switch’. Kevin Pietersen uploaded the episode related to Vaibhav Suryavanshi on his YouTube channel on May 25, which did not take any time in gathering likes. In his episode, Kevin Pietersen set a challenge to score a century in 50 balls, but Vaibhav Suryavanshi finished that challenge in just 25 balls.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s century in 25 balls, Iyer’s record saved

Vaibhav Suryavanshi completed his century in just 25 balls by hitting a heap of sixes. However, he could not break Shreyas Iyer’s record of the fastest century scored on Kevin Pietersen’s show. Shreyas Iyer scored a century in just 22 balls in Kevin Pietersen’s show. Meaning, Vaibhav Suryavanshi missed breaking the record of Shreyas Iyer by 3 balls. However, when asked by Kevin Pietersen in the show, he had said that he would break Iyer’s record but it could not happen.

Vaibhav is second in the list of fastest century scorers in Pietersen’s show. After him, Nicholas Pooran of West Indies is at third place after completing his century in 28 balls. AB de Villiers has scored a century in 30 balls. Whereas, Yashasvi Jaiswal took 47 balls to score a century.

What questions did Kevin Pietersen ask Vaibhav Suryavanshi?

During Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s innings, Kevin Pietersen also asked him some questions, which he answered. Pietersen asked Vaibhav what he preferred – batting first or run chasing? On this Vaibhav said that both. Pietersen next asked what was going on in his mind when he was playing in the nineties? On this Vaibhav said that he just focuses on playing his natural game. Pietersen also asked Vaibhav Suryavanshi that when did he play the biggest innings? Vaibhav said that during a home match where he batted 50 overs and scored 353 runs alone.

Saket Sharma

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