A brilliant spell in the power play from Jofra Archer has put the Rajasthan Royals in front during the eliminator game of the IPL 2026, played against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 27 at Mullanpur.
He bagged three wickets in three overs despite being expensive, putting an advantage for the Royals in defending their target.
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 a little disappointed and was not ready to leave the field yet.
Shivang Kumar bagged the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal for 29 runs. Dhruv Jurel, who came to bat at No.3, went on to score 50 runs off 21 deliveries before being dismissed by Praful Hinge.
Praful Hinge bagged his third wicket, dismissing Riyan Parag for 26 runs. The middle order did not make much of an impact as they got dismissed cheaply.
By the end of 20 overs, Rajasthan Royals went on to score 243/8, posting one of their highest team scores in IPL history.
Praful Hinge bagged three wickets while Eshan Malinga, Shivang Kumar and Nitish Kumar Reddy bagged one wicket each.
Chasing the massive total, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head opened the innings while Jofra Archer opened the bowling attack.
Archer ripped up the entire top order within the power play. He bagged the wicket of Abhishek Sharma for a duck on a short ball, where the ball hit his glove, and Dhruv Jurel bagged the catch behind the wickets.
Ishan Kishan, who came to bat at No.3, joined Travis Head to forge a 51-run partnership. Jofra Archer bagged his second wicket, dismissing Ishan Kishan for 33 runs. He got dismissed on a back-of-length delivery where the batter tried to flat bat it to off-side, and Donovan Ferreira took an easy catch at covers.
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With the dismissal of Smaran Ravichandran for 1 run by Nandre Burger, Archer bagged his third wicket, dismissing Travis Head for 17 runs. He got bowled out on a lengthy delivery as Sunrisers Hyderabad lost four wickets for 57 runs.
With Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy at the crease, SRH scored 71 runs in the power play. Yash Punja bagged a crucial wicket of Heinrich Klaasen for 18 runs as SRH lost 5 wickets for 81 runs as Rajasthan Royals steadily march towards victory.
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