Suresh Raina’s Record Becomes Immortal in IPL History; Even Stalwarts Like Travis Head Could Not Dethrone Him. This record of Suresh Raina became immortal in IPL history, even stalwarts like Travis Head could not dethrone him.

In the eliminator match of the Indian Premier League 2026 (IPL 2026), Rajasthan Royals’ 15-year-old young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi created a stir in the cricket world by playing a stormy innings of 97 runs in 29 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad. During this innings, Vaibhav destroyed big records from Chris Gayle to Yashasvi Jaiswal. But, despite this destructive innings, he missed breaking a historic record of former Indian batsman Suresh Raina, popularly known as ‘Mr. IPL’, which has remained unbroken for the last 12 years.

This is a record – the record of scoring the most runs on the first 25 balls in a single innings of IPL. It seems that this record of Raina has been immortalized forever in the pages of history, which even the most aggressive batsmen of today’s era are not able to touch.

Year 2014: When ‘Raina’s cyclone’ came to Wankhede

Suresh Raina made this magical record in the Qualifier-2 of IPL 2014 against Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In this knockout match, Punjab batted first and defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) thanks to Virender Sehwag’s century. A target like a mountain of 227 runs Which was considered almost impossible to achieve at that time.

While chasing the target, CSK got a big blow in the form of Faf du Plessis in the very first over. After this, Suresh Raina, who came to bat at number 3, created such a ruckus as soon as he stepped on the field that the Punjab bowlers started trembling. Raina took full advantage of the powerplay and only 87 runs on 25 balls Enter code. In this amazing innings he 12 fours and 6 high-rise sixes There were six, that is, he scored 84 runs only from boundaries.

At that time, everyone present in the stadium felt that Chris Gayle’s record of fastest IPL century in 30 balls would be broken today. But as soon as the powerplay was over, Raina was unfortunately run out while trying to steal a run with Brendon McCullum on the next ball and this historic innings had a very sad end. As soon as Raina was out, CSK’s innings fell apart and the team had to face defeat, but that innings of Raina became immortal.

From Vaibhav Suryavanshi to Travis Head… everyone was left behind

Reaching even close to Raina’s figure (87 runs) of scoring the most runs in the first 25 balls in the IPL is proving to be a tough task for today’s batsmen. Let’s see where the big hitters stack up against this record:

• Vaibhav Suryavanshi (IPL 2026): When Vaibhav, who scored 97 runs in 29 balls against Sunrisers, 25th ball their score when they were playing 81 runs Was. He remained just 6 runs behind Raina. Even before this he had once scored 79 runs in 25 balls.

• Travis Head: This Kangaroo opener of Sunrisers Hyderabad has also destroyed the bowlers many times in the powerplay, but in his best innings he could only reach 84 runs in 26 balls.

• Jack Fraser-McGurk: The young sensation from Delhi Capitals impressed with his aggressive batting, but he was limited to a score of 84 runs in 27 balls.

• Prabhsimran Singh: This Punjab Kings batsman also tried hard, but his highest score was only 76 runs in 25 balls.

Most explosive innings in the first 25 balls (at a glance):

Despite 12 years passing, batsmen becoming more aggressive and flat pitches being available, Suresh Raina’s record of 87 runs in 25 balls still stands firm like a mountain.