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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest player to score a half-century in Duleep Trophy history at the age of 15 years and 157 days. He achieved this milestone during the 2026 semifinal between East Zone and Central Zone at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1 in Bengaluru. Sooryavanshi scored 92 runs from 81 balls and reached his fifty in just 42 balls. He surpassed Laxman Singh’s 57-year-old record, who had scored a Duleep Trophy fifty at 16 years and 23 days in the 1969 edition.