April 25 (Reuters) - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ⁠became the youngest player, and the fastest by balls faced, to ⁠complete 1,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket as the 15-year-old smashed ‌a 36-ball century in the Indian Premier League on Saturday, .

Sooryavanshi hit 12 sixes and five boundaries as he completed his second century in the IPL, shortly after reaching 1,000 ​runs in T20 cricket, having faced just ⁠473 balls in the format.

The ⁠previous record was held by Australia's Mitchell Owen, who completed 1,000 runs in ⁠533 ‌balls.

The century was the third fastest in IPL history, after Chris Gayle's 30-ball ton in 2013 and Sooryavanshi's own 35-ball ⁠hundred last year.

“There wasn’t much thinking... I just played ​according to the ‌ball. The wicket felt good, so I backed my game," said ⁠Sooryavanshi, who ​had hit four sixes in the first over.

"I think about which bowlers are in the opposition, what shots I can play against them... I try to ⁠visualise all of that."

The teenager, who has ​yet to make his senior debut for India, has been in scorching form this season, having earlier scored two 15-ball fifties against Chennai Super Kings ⁠and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Sooryavanshi fell at 103 off 37 balls, helping Rajasthan to post 228-6. Hyderabad chased down the target with nine balls to spare, driven by half-centuries from Ishan Kishan (74) and Abhishek Sharma (57).