Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 47 runs in the eliminator at the Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on Wednesday, May 27.
Pat Cummins' decision to bowl first on flat deck backfires Vaibhav Suryavanshi Unlock beast mode. He stunned the SRH bowlers with his brilliant batting performance and foiled whatever plans they had against him. Suryavanshi was eventually out after scoring 97 runs on 29 balls. He was close to breaking the record of fastest century (30 balls) in IPL.
Dhruv Jurel also played a brilliant inning of 50 runs in 21 balls, while Riyan Parag made an important contribution of 26 runs in 12 balls. SRH picked up a few wickets in the latter stages but due to Suryavanshi's ferocity, RR ended up at a mammoth score of 243/8.
In reply, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head had to fire for SRH. However, the former player was dismissed by Jofra Archer on the second ball. Head and Ishan Kishan gave SRH hopes of a historic win by making a partnership of 51 runs in just 15 balls. However, Archer disrupts their plans by sending both of them back to the hut inside the power play.
Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Salil Arora played enterprising cameos, but it was never enough for the Orange Army. They were eventually bowled out for 196 in 19.2 overs and Rajasthan advanced to Qualifier 2.
Here are the top stats and milestones from the Eliminator:
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the youngest player to complete 600 runs in an IPL season.
- Suryavanshi broke Chris Gayle's record of most sixes (59) in an IPL season. This young player has now hit 65 sixes this season.
- Suryavanshi equaled Suresh Raina's record of scoring the fastest 50 runs with the balls faced in IPL Knockout/Playoffs. Raina also scored a half-century in 16 balls against Punjab Kings in IPL 2014.
- Suryavanshi now has the second highest number of 50-plus scores (5) inside the power play. David Warner is on top with six 50-plus scores.
- Suryavanshi is second in terms of most 50 (5) in less than 20 balls in IPL. Abhishek Sharma tops the list with six.
- Suryavanshi hit eight sixes in 1-6 overs. This is the most by any batsman in an IPL innings.
- Suryavanshi now has the most power play runs (490) in an IPL season.
- RR completed its team's century in 7.2 overs. This is the second fastest knockout in IPL. CSK made a record by scoring 100 runs in six overs against Punjab Kings in IPL 2014 Qualifier 2.
- Suryavanshi is tied with Chris Gayle for the most number of hits of more than 10 sixes in an IPL innings (4).
- Suryavanshi now has the most runs by an uncapped player in an IPL season (680).
- Suryavanshi equaled his own record of hitting most sixes (12) by a batsman in an IPL innings.
- 136 runs in the first 10 overs is the highest score in an IPL Knockout/Playoff innings, better than the 122 runs scored by CSK vs PBKS in the 2014 Qualifier 2.
- Dhruv Jurel is jointly second in the list of most 50-plus scores (6) for RR in an IPL season. Jos Buttler made a record of scoring more than 50 eight times in IPL 2022.
- RR scored 200 in 14.4 overs, the fastest by a team in an IPL knockout/playoff match, bettering the score scored in 16.4 overs by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Qualifier 1 against Gujarat Titans (GT).
- Pat Cummins gave 64 runs, which is the highest number of runs given in a T20 match in his career.
- This was the eighth 200-plus score for RR this season. This is the joint second highest position. SRH, Punjab Kings and RCB did this nine times last year.
- Abhishek Sharma now has the most wickets (8 in 28 innings) by an Indian in a calendar year in T20.
- Sunrisers scored 50 runs in 2.4 overs. This is the joint second fastest in the entire IPL.
- Heinrich Klaasen finished fourth in the list of most runs (624) by a non-opening batsman in an IPL season.
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