After 97 now 96 runs! Why is Vaibhav Suryavanshi missing a century again and again? Sunil Gavaskar told the reason, bowlers will be happy

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi At this time, he has become the biggest name of IPL 2026, but now a new pattern has started emerging regarding his batting… and the first to catch it was India’s legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar… In the Qualifier-2 played between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans, Vaibhav played an explosive inning of 96 runs on 47 balls. He hit 8 fours and 7 sixes and once again single-handedly changed the course of the match.

But the story ended again where it had happened in the eliminator – a few steps away from a century… in the last innings against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Vaibhav out on 97 runs Had happened. This time he stopped at 96 against Gujarat. The method of getting out both times was almost the same – short ball, upper cut and catch towards third man. Seeing this, Sunil Gavaskar said a big thing during the commentary. He said that now the bowlers have found a weakness of Vaibhav.

What is Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s weakness?

According to Gavaskar, when Vaibhav reaches the 90s, the short ball is having an effect against him. He said, “Now all the bowlers will think that when they reach the 90s, bowl short balls, keep deep third man and they can get wickets.” However, Gavaskar also admitted that earlier in the match, the same ball does not have any effect, because Vaibhav completely dominates every type of ball in the beginning.

The interesting thing was that in this innings Vaibhav not only showed power but also maturity. He scored the slowest fifty of his IPL career, which came in 31 balls, but after this he again proved that he can change the map of the match at any time by scoring 45 runs in the next 16 balls.

Vaibhav became the fastest to complete 1000 runs in IPL

With this innings, Vaibhav also made many big records in his name. He became the fastest batsman to complete 1000 runs in IPL history. He achieved this milestone in just 440 balls. Apart from this, he also became the youngest player to score 1000 IPL runs. By achieving this feat in 23 innings, he left behind batsmen like Sai Sudarshan.

This season, Vaibhav’s batting has changed the thinking of cricket. The bowlers now seem to be planning not to stop him, but to get him out somehow… But now the question is – have the opposition teams really found Vaibhav’s weakness, or will the same short ball go to the stands next time?