India, Dec. 2 -- Fourteen-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi has turned the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26 on its head with a blistering century against Maharashtra at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on Tuesday. Opening for Bihar after Maharashtra opted to bowl first, the teenager carried his bat for a stunning 108 off 61 balls, powering the side to 176/3 in 20 overs in the Elite Group B clash.

Suryavanshi reached his maiden SMAT hundred off just 57 balls, finishing with seven fours and seven sixes and a strike rate of 177.05 on a surface where most batters struggled to time the ball fluently. He scored more than half of Bihar's total and was still there at the end of the innings.

Coming into this fixture, Bihar were bottom of the Elite Group B after...