It is normal for a teenager to play the bowler and not the ball but Vaibhav Sooryanshi doesn't care about who he is facing, his Rajasthan Royals teammate Dhruv Jurel pointed out. The 15-year-old has cared little for reputation all through this IPL whether it is having a go at Jasprit Bumrah or more recently at Pat Cummins. The list of champion bowlers who have been at the receiving end of Sooryavanshi's onslaught include Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood and Kagiso Rabada. On Wednesday, he made Cummins, a multiple time World Cup winner and among the shrewdest operators in the game, look clueless with his barrage of sixes. Cummins tried to curtail his free flowing bat swing by bowling full into the leg-stump but Sooryavanshi made instant adjustments to dispatch the ball over the Australian's head. The subsequent short ball was slashed over third man while the next delivery, a slower ball, was smoked down the ground. Cummins had run out of ideas in the third over. Sooryavanshi ended up
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 29-ball 97for Rajasthan helped the Royals to book a virtual semi-final this year.
The Rajasthan Royals youngster smashed a stunning 16-ball half-century, putting SRH bowlers under massive pressure in one of the biggest matches of the season.
The winner of the SRH vs RR IPL 2026 Eliminator match will qualify for the Qualifier 2 match on Friday
It will be a straight knock-out game as the winning side will take on the winner of Qualifier 1 on Friday, while the losing side will be eliminated
JioHotstar in India will stream the IPL 2026 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals through its app and website
Rajasthan Royals have played just three matches at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, out of which they have won all three
Powered by a breathtaking unbeaten 93 from captain Patidar and backed by a clinical bowling display, RCB outclassed GT in all departments to become the first team to seal a place in the summit clash
Meanwhile, with the win, RCB have kept alive their hopes of becoming the third team after CSK and MI to defend their title
Only twice in IPL playoffs history has a total of 200 or more been successfully chased, once by PBKS and once by KKR
JioHotstar in India will stream the IPL 2026 Qualifier 1 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans through its app and website
Virat Kohli also holds the record for most runs in a single edition with his 973-run season in IPL 2016
Both RCB and GT have had almost similar seasons as both sides finished with 18 points each, and their superior net run rate helped them finish in first and second spots respectively
The winner of the RCB vs GT IPL 2026 Qualifier 1 match will qualify for the final on Sunday in Ahmedabad
Royal Challengers Bengaluru have played just three matches at HPCA Stadium, out of which they have won two and lost one
Kohli has amassed 557 runs in 14 matches this season with the help of four half-centuries and one century and is RCB's highest run-scorer in IPL 2026
RCB, with the help of Virat Kohli's 9th IPL ton, beat KKR to become the first team to qualify for IPL 2026 playoffs
Mitchell Marsh's brilliant innings of 90 helped LSG beat CSK by 7 wickets. CSK, with the loss now, need to win both their remaining games to qualify for the playoffs
KKR, with an impressive performance, beat GT by 29 runs to halt their five-game win streak. KKR also kept their playoff hopes alive
SRH beat CSK in a high-stakes game by 5 wickets to book their place in the IPL 2026 playoffs. SRH's win also helped GT to secure a top-four finish