Sooryavanshi has openly declared his ultimate ambition during a candid interaction on former England captain Kevin Pieterson’s popular youtube show ‘The Switch’. Speaking on the show, the swashbuckling left-hander has claimed that he wants to break the record of legendary Chris Gayle’s knock of 175 runs. The legendary West Indies batter scored the highest individual T20 score ever in the year 2013 playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
“I want to score 200 in T20.” Sooryavanshi said during the show. When Pieterson reminded the 15 year-old about the record of highest T20 score by Gayle, he said , “Yeah, I want to break his record and score 200. If I play 20 overs in any game, I definitely will break that record.”
During the show, Pieterson challenged the opening batter to score 100 runs off 50 deliveries. And, in a sensational display of ball-hitting as he has been hitting the international bowlers in IPL, the southpaw scored 100 runs in just 25 balls.
Sooryavanshi, who has the highest score of 144 in T20 cricket, also scored a stunning match-winning knock of 175 during U19 World Cup final against England.
The Bihar-born batter also holds the record for the fastest century in youth ODI cricket – where he notched up his century in just 52 deliveries against England.
“I will try to score 200 in the next match. I will try to play the full 50 overs. The more I score, the more the team will benefit,” Sooryavanshi has said after his record-breaking innings against England U19 in the final.