Who is priyansh arya: Priyansh Arya surprised the cricket world by playing an unprecedented innings during IPL 2025 in Chandigarh. The wickets of Punjab Kings were constantly falling, but Arya stayed at the crease and he scored a panic in just 39 balls. With this brilliant century, Priyansh Arya has become an unkapped player to score the fastest century in IPL history. This century is also the fourth fastest century in the IPL so far. Priyansh Arya was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 3.8 crore in the IPL 2025 auction. During the auction, there was a strong competition between Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore, but in the end Punjab Kings included Arya in their team.
Priyansh’s name has already been discussed for a great performance. Playing for South Delhi Superstars in the inaugural season of Delhi Premier League, he attracted everyone’s attention by hitting six sixes in an over. In this innings, Arya had hit six consecutive sixes in an over to left -arm spinner Manan Bhardwaj. In this match, South Delhi Superstars scored 308 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs against North Delhi strikers, in which Arya scored 120 runs in 50 balls. In that season of Delhi Premier League, Priyansh scored 608 runs, whose strike rate was 198.69 and average 67.56. In these ten innings, he hit 43 sixes, showing his explosive batting strength well. Priyansh Arya’s arrival in IPL 2025 has brought new hope and adventures for cricket lovers, and now he has become an important player for Punjab Kings.
Had Kismet supported, Opining with Jaiswal but …
There is a different story for Priyansh Arya in the cricket world. Had Kismet supported him, he could have been seen opening with Yashasvi Jaiswal in the 2020 Under-19 World Cup. But the BCCI rules gave a big blow to his dreams. Despite fulfilling age criteria, he dropped out of this important tournament. Talking about the situation of being out of the Under-19 World Cup, Priyansh said, “A selector, Amit Bhandari asked me if I am in the Under-16, I told him that I am disqualified and competing for the under-19. I was scoring runs in under-19 trial matches, so I was sure that I would get a chance to select.”
There was no information about BCCI rules
Arya further said, “Then I did not know that under a BCCI rule, if you have not conducted an age test in Under-16, you can play in Under-19 only for two years. By the time I was 17 years old, I had played under-19 by the time I was 17 years old.” This rule proved to be a big obstacle for him and it dropped him out of the Under-19 World Cup. It took him three more years to make a place in the senior team of Delhi. However, by 2024-25, his career started gaining momentum again and he proved with his efforts that no one could stop in front of his hard work and struggle. This journey of Priyansh Arya teaches us that not only talent, but also the ability to grapple with circumstances is important in competitive sports like cricket. His difficult paths inspired him even more and he is standing in his place in the high -level competition of cricket today.
What is the connection of Priyansh Arya with Gautam Gambhir
Priyansh Arya’s parents are teachers in a government school in Delhi. Arya has taken cricket coaching from Sanjay Bhardwaj, who was the former coach of Dhakad opener Gautam Gambhir. Arya told that he had written his name at this cricket academy at the age of just 9-10 years. Arya said in an interview to ESPNCRICKINFO, ‘I have spent hours watching players like Gautam Gambhir, Nitish Rana and Unmukt Chand. Sir, we used to ask us to see them from behind the net. It was thrilling for us to see all of them playing closely. ‘
