IPL 2026: Vaibhav Suryavanshi broke Mitchell Starc’s pride, hit a four on the very first ball

Vaibhav Suryavanshi: Rajasthan Royals’ young opening batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi is looking in tremendous form in IPL 2026. This season, he has targeted even the biggest bowlers on the very first ball and has hit a boundary on the very first ball. This season, Vaibhav has hit deadly bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the very first ball. Now Vaibhav has made Australia’s legendary fast bowler Mitchell Starc his victim.

Starc hit a four on his very first ball.

In the 62nd match of IPL 2026, Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit a brilliant four on the very first ball of Mitchell Starc. Let us tell you, this was the first time in the IPL when Vaibhav and Starc were face to face. After hitting a four on the first ball of Delhi’s star fast bowler Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav did not stop there. He surprised everyone by hitting a sky-high six on the third ball of the same over by Starc. Stark himself was surprised to see this aggressive style of Vaibhav.

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Bumrah-Bhuvi also got boundaries

Let us tell you, in IPL 2026, Mitchell Starc is not the first bowler on whom Vaibhav Suryavanshi has hit with the very first ball. Vaibhav has earlier made star bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins his victims.

Glory missed by half a century

In this match against Delhi Capitals, Vaibhav Suryavanshi performed brilliantly and played an inning of 46 runs in 21 balls. His innings included 5 fours and 3 sixes. However, during this period he missed out on a half-century. He was caught out while playing a big short ball from Madhav Tiwari. After this brilliant innings against Delhi, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has scored a total of 481 runs this season. He is currently the highest run-scorer for Rajasthan this season.