Vaibhav Sooryavanshi becomes fastest Indian to 1,000 IPL runs: Stats
What's the story
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the teenage sensation of Rajasthan Royals (RR), has set a new record in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. Sooryavanshi is now the fastest Indian to complete 1,000 IPL runs in terms of innings taken. He attained the landmark in Qualifier 2 of IPL 2026 versus Gujarat Titans (GT) on Friday. Sooryavanshi was on a rampage against Gujarat. He ended up being dismissed for 96 runs off 47 balls. In the Eliminator, he scored 97 runs Sunrisers Hyderbad (SRH).
Runs
23 innings taken to 1,000 IPL runs
Playing his 23rd IPL game, Sooryavanshi has surpassed 1,000 runs. He took 23 innings to reach the milestone, bettering the record held by Sai Sudharsan (25 innings) among Indian players. Fastest to 1,000 IPL runs (by innings) 21 - Shaun Marsh 23 - Lendl Simmons 23 - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 24 - Devon Conway 25 - Matthew Hayden 25 - Sai Sudharsan
Record-breaking run
Sooryavanshi also gets past 500 runs in powerplay (season)
Sooryavanshi also became the first batter in T20 history to score over 500 runs in the powerplay of a single tournament. Sooryavanshi surpassed David Warner's previous record of 467 runs scored during SRH's title-winning IPL 2016 campaign. Most runs in overs 1-6 in an IPL edition 521 - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in 2026 (SR: 233.63) 467 - David Warner in 2016 (SR: 150.16) 402 - Travis Head in 2024 (SR: 208.29)