A batting blitz from Vaibhav Suryavanshi has set up a fiery start for Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator of the IPL 2026 against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Mullanpur.

He went on to smash 97 runs off 29 deliveries, which included 5 fours and 12 sixes. After being invited to bat first, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryvanshi opened the innings while Pat Cummins opened the bowling attack.

The 15-year old troubled SRH bowlers struggled to contain runs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi brought up a 16-ball fifty and also made a record-breaking history on smashing the Most sixes in a single IPL season.

The Previous record was held by Chris Gayle, who smashed 59 sixes in the 2012 season. Despite using four bowling options, SRH couldn’t break the partnership as the Rajasthan Royals scored 80 runs in the power play.

Suryavanshi did not stop as he went on to score 97 runs off 28 deliveries. However, Praful Hinge bagged the crucial wicket of the 15-year-old, breaking the 125-run partnership for the first wicket.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi was on the verge of completing the fastest century in IPL history; however, he caught out on a short and wide delivery where he hit the upper cut over third man, as Smaran Ravichandran picked the catch. He seemed to be little disappointed and was not ready to leave the field yet.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing 11: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w), Heinrich Klaasen, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins(c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge.

Rajasthan Royals Playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja