Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s bat is on fire in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. This 15-year-old Rajasthan Royals (RR) opener has scored 440 runs at a strike rate of 236.55. Vaibhav continued his destructive batting on Saturday (May 9) and scored 36 runs in 16 balls in the chase of 230 runs against Gujarat Titans (GT). During this, he hit 3 fours and 3 sixes. Vaibhav gave a big record during this short but stormy innings.
Vaibhav has completed 30 sixes in the powerplay in the current season. He is the first batsman to reach this milestone. For decades in the IPL, a six-hitting machine like Chris Gayle opened, but he too could not achieve the feat of hitting 30 sixes during the powerplay in a single season.
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Vaibhav broke Abhishek Sharma’s record
Abhishek Sharma had the record of hitting most sixes in powerplay in any one season of IPL. He hit 29 sixes during the powerplay in the 2024 season. For this he took 16 innings. Vaibhav has left him behind in just 11 innings.
Most sixes in powerplay in an IPL season
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi (2026) – 30 sixes
- Abhishek Sharma (2024) – 29 sixes
- Abhishek Sharma (2026) – 27 sixes
- Sanath Jayasuriya (2008) – 22 sixes
- Travis Head (2024) – 22 sixes
- Yashasvi Jaiswal (2025) – 22 sixes
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Vaibhav became the victim of Siraj
Vaibhav, after opening the account with a six against GT fast bowler Mohammed Siraj, sent two consecutive balls of Kagiso Rabada for sixes. Vaibhav again took Siraj on the radar in the next over and hit 3 fours in his first 4 balls. Vaibhav was taking the match away from GT. But Siraj trapped him on the short ball. Siraj bowled the ball at a speed of 146, while trying to pull it, Vaibhav lost his wicket. As soon as he was out, RR’s innings derailed and by the time it reached 91 runs, it lost 5 wickets. RR’s defeat was confirmed as half the team was out within 100 runs in the big run chase.
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