The eliminator match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 was played on Wednesday (27 May) between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). By winning this match by 47 runs, RR has made it to Qualifier 2, where it will face Gujarat Titans. Whereas SRH has been wiped clean.
In this match played in New Chandigarh, after being invited to bat first, RR had scored 243 runs at the loss of 8 wickets, in which young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi had the biggest contribution. 15 year old Vaibhav played an explosive inning of 97 runs in 29 balls. During this period, 5 fours and 12 sixes came from his bat. After Vaibhav’s strike, Jofra Archer wreaked havoc on SRH. Joffra ensured RR’s victory by destroying SRH’s top-3 in the powerplay itself. In the end, SRH team was reduced to 196 runs in 19.2 overs.
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Vaibhav made a series of records
Explosive left-handed batsman Vaibhav started thrashing SRH bowlers from the very first over and took RR to 125 runs before getting out on the last ball of the 8th over. In this, Vaibhav’s opening partner Yashasvi Jaiswal contributed only 25 runs in 20 balls. Vaibhav was close to the record of fastest century in IPL history but he missed it. This record of 30 balls made by Chris Gayle in the 2013 season was narrowly missed. However, before this Vaibhav had broken a big record of Gayle.
Vaibhav has hit 65 sixes in the current season, which is a new record. Earlier, the record of hitting most sixes in a season was in the name of Gayle (59 sixes). Vaibhav had to hit 7 sixes to overtake him, for which he took only 15 balls. He completed his fifty in 16 balls, which is the joint fastest half-century in the IPL playoffs. Vaibhav equaled Suresh Raina’s record.
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Most sixes in an IPL season
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi (2026) – 65 sixes
- Chris Gayle (2012) – 59 sixes
- Andre Russell (2019) – 52 sixes
- Chris Gayle (2013) – 51 sixes
- Jos Buttler (2022) – 45 sixes
Jurel also added color
While Vaibhav returned to the pavilion after batting brilliantly, Yashasvi could only score 29 runs in 29 balls. After Vaibhav’s dismissal, Dhruv Jurel hit fifty in 20 balls, taking RR closer to 200. Jurel was out after scoring 50 runs in 21 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes. Riyan Parag scored 26 runs in 12 balls. RR team lost wickets in bunch in the last overs, due to which it could not cross 260. However, he definitely put so many runs on the board, which was enough for SRH.
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