India’s prodigious young opener, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, produced a sensational display of power-hitting on Friday, lighting up the U-19 Asia Cup with a breathtaking hundred that rewrote multiple tournament records. The 14-year-old reached his century in just 56 deliveries, having earlier brought up a half-century off a mere 30 balls, as India dominated their opening clash against the UAE.

Suryavanshi’s innings was defined by extraordinary clean hitting, particularly in the middle overs. He hammered 12 sixes, setting a new U-19 Asia Cup record for the most sixes in a single innings. The previous mark—10 sixes, set by Afghanistan’s Darwish Rasooli in 2017—was comfortably eclipsed.

Remarkably, the young opener began his innings with caution. Facing UAE’s Ali Asghar Shums, he negotiated five c

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