Vaibhav Sooryavanshi vs RCB: Young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi once again showed his explosive form in the IPL 2026 match between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. While chasing the target of 202 runs, this 15 year old batsman destroyed the strong bowling attack of RCB.

Suryavanshi scored a lot of runs on the balls of bowlers like Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood and completed his half-century in just 15 balls. This innings is the second fastest half-century from Rajasthan Royals.

Second stormy half-century of this season

This is the second half-century of this season for Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Earlier, he had also touched the figure of 50 runs in 15 balls against Chennai Super Kings. On both these occasions he has scored half-centuries in exactly 15 balls. With this achievement, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the first Indian batsman to score a half-century in 15 or less balls twice in IPL.

At the same time, overall this is his third half-century of his IPL career.

This aggressive innings of Suryavanshi made RCB's bowling completely out of control. He turned the match in favor of Rajasthan Royals by hitting big shots in the power play itself. The special thing was that he hit a lot of fours and sixes even against a legendary bowler like Josh Hazlewood, which surprised everyone.

Fastest half century in IPL (Indian)

• 13 ball – Yashasvi Jaiswal (2023)
• 14 balls – KL Rahul (2018)
• 15 balls – Yusuf Pathan (2014)
• 15 ball – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (2026)
• 15 ball – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (2026)*
• 16 balls – Suresh Raina (2014)

Leading in the race for Orange Cap

Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a total of 78 runs in 26 balls in this match.

Batting at a strike rate of 300, he hit 8 fours and 7 sixes. With this his 200 runs in IPL 2026 were also completed. He is the first batsman to touch the 200-run mark this season. With this, he has gone ahead in the race for Orange Cap.