Vaibhav Suryavanshi proved to the world that his record-breaking display in the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) was not a rare feat and he is a player for the long haul as he continued his remarkable form during the Youth ODI series between the Indian U-19 and England U-19 which concluded on Monday (July 7).

The Indian boys team, led by Ayush Mhatre, won the series 3-2, with Suryavanshi emerging as the star performer. In the five games, the 14-year-old scored a stunning tally of 355 runs in five matches at an average of 71 and a strike-rate of 174.01. His tally included one century and a half-century each.

Suryavanshi's run tally is the fifth-highest in a bilateral Youth ODI series in history and the second-best by an opener. However, he is the first player to score over 300 runs at a strike rate above 150 in the history of ODI cricket at the U-19 level in a series. The highest strike rate for a player who made more than 300 runs in a series was 114.62, which Towhid Hroidy managed for Bangladesh, when he made 431 runs in four innings against Sri Lanka in 2019.

The next-best tally for a player with a strike rate above 150 was Pakistan's Imran Nazir, who managed 255 runs at a scoring rate of 159.45

Player	Runs	Strike-Rate	Opponent	Year	Matches Played
Vaibhav Suryavanshi (India)	355	174.01	England	2025	5
Imran Nazir (Pakistan)	256	159.45	South Africa	1999	3
THS REW (England)	280	142.13	England	2025	5
Pulindu Perera (Sri Lanka)	239	139.76	Pakistan	2023	3
Saleem Elashi (Pakistan)	201	124.84	New Zealand	1995	3

Quite incredible, the player to have a better strike-rate in a series than Suryavanshi in a series is Ireland's Scott Macberth, who made just 91 runs in two matches against England in 2023 at a scoring rate of 150. No player with more than 100 runs managed to better Suryavanshi's strike rate in the recently concluded series.

Meanwhile, Suryavanshi's ton in the fourth ODI was the fastest (By balls) in Youth ODI history as he reached the milestone in just 52 balls.

His knock of 143 in 78 balls came at a strike-rate of 183.33, which beat a record set by Pakistan's Kamran Ghumal in 2013 against England with a 66-ball 102 at a scoring rate of 182.14.

Earlier, he made a 31-ball 86 in the third ODI (SR of 277.41), which is the quickest 80+ knock in Youth ODI history, breaking Suresh Raina's record, when he made a 38-ball 90 against Scotland in the 2004 U-19 WC at a rate of 236.84.