Top 5 youngest centurions in List A cricket ft. Vaibhav Suryavanshi

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the 14-year-old Bihar batting prodigy, shattered records in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 opener by becoming the youngest player ever to score a century in men’s List A cricket. At 14 years and 272 days old, he blazed 190 runs off 84 balls, including 16 fours and 15 sixes, against Arunachal Pradesh at JSCA Oval in Ranchi. His explosive 36-ball ton powered Bihar to a record-breaking 574 for 6, the highest total in List A history, eclipsing a 39-year-old mark previously held by Pakistan’s Zahoor Elahi.​

Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s record-breaking rise

Suryavanshi reached his hundred in just 36 balls, the second-fastest in Indian List A cricket behind Anmolpreet Singh‘s 35-ball effort, while also claiming the fastest 150 in men’s List A history off 59 balls. This marked only his seventh List A appearance since debuting in December 2024, highlighting his meteoric trajectory in domestic cricket. Bihar’s innings featured three centuries, with Suryavanshi’s knock setting the tone in a dominant Plate League victory.​

The teenager’s exploits extend beyond List A. In April 2025, he grabbed global attention with a first-ball six on IPL debut for Rajasthan Royals, followed by a 35-ball T20 century against Gujarat Titans—the second-fastest in IPL history after Chris Gayle‘s 30-ball blitz. July brought another milestone: a 52-ball youth ODI hundred off 78 balls (143 runs) for India against England at Worcester, the fastest recorded in that format. Four months later, his 32-ball 144 in India A‘s Asia Cup Rising Stars T20 win over UAE ranked as the joint-fifth quickest men’s T20 ton worldwide.​

Suryavanshi’s Vijay Hazare heroics underscore his fearless approach, blending raw power with maturity far beyond his years. Experts now eye him as a future India star, drawing parallels to precocious talents like Shahid Afridi for his boundary-hitting prowess.​

Top 5 youngest list A centurions

1. Vaibhav Suryavanshi

Suryavanshi tops the elite list of youngest List A centurions, rewriting cricket’s history books at 14 years and 272 days on December 24, 2025. His Bihar innings displaced Pakistan’s Zahoor Elahi from the pinnacle, a record that stood for nearly four decades.​

2. Zahoor Elahi

In second place, Elahi achieved 15 years and 209 days during the 1986 Wills Cup for Pakistan Automobiles against Railways. The off-spinner and lower-order batter shone domestically but struggled internationally, playing just one Test and 10 ODIs without notable success. Elahi’s ton symbolized an era of unearthed Pakistani talent in limited-overs domestic cricket.​

3. Riaz Hassan

Third is Afghanistan opener Riaz Hassan at 16 years and 9 days in 2018, scoring his hundred for Boost Region against Band-e-Amir in domestic one-day play. Born in 2002, Hassan has since progressed to international cricket, featuring in Tests and ODIs while representing Afghanistan’s emerging batting depth amid their Test nation status.​

4. Usman Tariq

Usman Tariq holds fourth spot at 16 years and 91 days in the 2000-01 Quaid-e-Azam one-day Trophy for Islamabad versus Gujranwala in Rawalpindi. The left-handed top-order batter debuted at 13 in 1996-97, amassing over 100 first-class games and multiple tons, including a swift 114 off 65 balls later in his career.​

5. Nasir Jamshed

Rounding out the top five, Nasir Jamshed scored 117 off 114 balls at 16 years and 92 days on March 8, 2006, for Karachi Dolphins against Lahore Lions. The stylish opener later played 48 ODIs for Pakistan, peaking with a 101 not out in a 2013 ODI hundred, though inconsistency curtailed his international career.​