The greatness of Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s knock was summed up in a single moment, when Rajasthan head coach Rahul Dravid got off his wheelchair to celebrate.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi,all of just 14, carved out a masterclass of a knock at the Sawai Manshingh Stadium in Jaipur on Monday night, to keep Rajasthan Royals mathematically alive in the race to the playoffs. Vaibhav scored a 35-ball century, the fastest-ever by an Indian in the history of the IPL, as Rajasthan beat Gujarat Titans by eight wickets. But the greatness of his knock was summed up in a single moment, when Rajasthan head coach Rahul Dravid got off his wheelchair to celebrate.
For the uninitiated, Dravid has been in a wheelchair since the start of the season after he injured his right leg while playing cricket with his sons in Bengaluru. In fact, he did not even get up from his wheelchair during post-match handshakes or team practices. But on Monday, it all went out the window.
As Vaibhav smashed a six against Rashid Khan in the 11th over to get to the milestone, Dravid jumped off his wheelchair in a freak celebration and applauded the historic knock. He broke Yusuf Pathan’s 15-year-old record for the fastest IPL ton by an Indian, leaving him only behind Chris Gayle in the all-time list. The West Indies legend had hit a 30-ball century in 2013 for the RCB. At 14 years and 32 days, he also became the youngest-ever batter to score a T20 hundred.
