Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Overtakes Virat Kohli in Youth ODIs, Joins Elite 1000-Run Club

• 14-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 72 runs off 67 balls in the U19 World Cup 2026 match against Bangladesh.
• He surpassed Virat Kohli's record of 978 runs in youth ODIs, accumulating 1047 runs in 20 matches.
• Sooryavanshi is now the seventh Indian cricketer to score 1000 runs in youth One Day Internationals.
• Other notable Indian batters with over 1000 runs in youth ODIs include Vijay Zol (1404), Yashasvi Jaiswal (1386), Tanmay Srivastava (1316), Shubman Gill (1149), Unmukt Chand (1149), and Sarfaraz Khan (1080).

Why It Matters: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, at 14, became the 7th Indian to score 1000 youth ODI runs, surpassing Virat Kohli.