Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hit 12 sixes and scored 97 off 29 balls to lead Rajasthan Royals to 243-8 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL eliminator. Rajasthan won by 47 runs after Jofra Archer took three wickets in three overs early, helping bowl Hyderabad out for 196. Sooryavanshi’s innings came after he finished the regular season with 680 runs and an orange cap. He also surpassed Chris Gayle’s record for most sixes in a single IPL edition, reaching 65 sixes so far. Rajasthan advanced to face Gujarat Titans, with the winner moving to play Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the final.
"The teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed a staggering 12 sixes to lead Rajasthan Royals to a 47-run drubbing of Sunrisers Hyderabad in Wednesday's Indian Premier League eliminator. The 15-year-old Sooryavanshi, who won the regular season's orange cap for the most runs scored (680), destroyed Hyderabad's famed bowling with an incredible 29-ball 97, around which Rajasthan constructed an imposing 243-8 in Chandigarh."
"Jofra Archer then produced a furious opening burst which fetched him three wickets in three overs as Hyderabad were bowled out for 196, with Rajasthan progressing to an IPL playoff showdown against Gujarat Titans. The exciting Sooryavanshi unleashed another stunning exhibition of stroke-making as he breezed past Chris Gayle's 12-year-old record for the most sixes (59) in a single edition of the IPL. With 65 sixes so far, the left-handed opener is certainly the dangerman against Gujarat."
"Sooryavanshi said afterwards. Try and keep things simple. I try to play with good intent and dominate the bowlers. I want to pressurise the bowler. My focus [today] was on contributing for the team my focus now is how to win the trophy. Sooryavanshi warmed up with a straight six off Pat Cummins in the first over, then set about the Australian bowler in his next with three sixes and a four."
"Three more sixes in the following over, off Sakib Hussain, took him to his half-century in just 16 deliveries. He seemed on course for the fastest IPL hundred Gayle holds that record, off 30 deliveries when he pummelled Praful Hinge for three sixes and two fours. Hinge had"
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