Vaibhav Suryavanshi Everyone gets amazed by his supernatural batting skills with each passing game. The IPL 2026 eliminator between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals at the Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Stadium proved it once again as Suryavanshi smashed the bowlers with a quickfire 97 off just 29 balls.
Opening as usual, Suryavanshi took just three balls to score his first maximum of the evening, dismissing the SRH skipper. pat cummins To the sweepers in the very first over. Cummins could barely guess what was about to happen, however, in his next over the left-hander flexed his muscles to hit a four and three sixes, announcing that he had well and truly established himself at the crease.
The 15-year-old spared no one who came his way as Saqib Hussain was at the wicket in the fourth over of the innings, where Suryavanshi not only hit three sixes but also completed his half-century off just sixteen balls. At the end of the powerplay, Suryavanshi faced 20 balls and scored 60 runs.
The end of field restrictions could not help SRH move away from the path of Suryavanshi's deadly blade as the Samastipur-born got a few boundaries in the next over.
However, the greatest was yet to come, when Suryavanshi wielded the swords Prafulla HingeThe bowler who had earlier made headlines for dismissing him cheaply. However, this time, Sooryavanshi was well prepared. Hitting a six on the second ball and a four on the third ball, Hinz was already under a lot of pressure as he missed his line and gave a no ball, due to which the ball once again went over the ropes. The next few balls also went for maximums, as the youngster was now just one hit away from the fastest T20 century.
Hinge, however, enjoyed the last laugh as Suryavanshi managed to reach the middle of the bat with an uppercut but could not get past the fielder at deep third man, where Smaran Ravichandran completed a simple catch at the end as he was out for 97 off just 29 runs. The batsman came like thunder and went back like lightning to complete one of the most iconic innings in the IPL with five fours and twelve sixes.
Here's how 'X' reacts to Vaibhav Suryavanshi's 97 in SRH vs RR, Eliminator:
15 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi was just a few steps away from making a world record. 💔
To score 97 off 29 in a high-pressure game at this age is simply unrealistic.
The future of cricket is here. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/XFvSO0KENU– Darshit Kalsariya (@darshit2211_) 27 May 2026
It is unrealistic to become the player who has hit the most sixes in an IPL season at just 15 years of age. Something we have never seen before.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi is pure magic.
– Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) 27 May 2026
Forget about “stars of the future”, Vaibhav Suryavanshi is already attacking the IPL.😭🔥
It's not just talent. This is a mess of Indian cricket.#IPL2026 #SRHvsRR– Ganesh Hegde (@hegde1234) 27 May 2026
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