Before the start of the IPL eliminator between SRH and RR on Wednesday, the only differentiating factor was going to be the innings played by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi-Abhishek Sharma in the powerplay. And the side batting first on the day, Rajasthan could not have asked things to pan out better for them. 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi perhaps played the best innings of his IPL career yet, as he went on to smash a whirlwind 97 from 29 deliveries. He ended with an SR of 334, hitting 12 sixes and 5 fours.
It was as if Sooryavanshi knew he had to go for his shots, right from the very start, as soon as Pat Cummins put his side into bat upon winning the toss. In hindsight, it was a poor decision, given how the Mullanpur pitch had played this entire season; 200 was breached 6 times in 8 innings. Nonetheless, Hyderabad bowlers had no idea, what hit them, as the carnage started in the very first over itself, when he hit Cummins for a massive six. Not only his innings was memorable, but a ton of records were broken here.
Most sixes in an IPL season
VS managed to break the long-standing record of Chris Gayle, of most sixes in an IPL edition of 59 (2012). With the help of his 12 maximums, he managed to reach 65 sixes. Abhishek Sharma is miles behind VS, at 43 sixes.
61* – Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (2026) 59 – Chris Gayle (2012) 52 – Andre Russell (2019) 51 – Chris Gayle (2013) 45 – Jos Buttler (2022) Credit: AP Photo/Surjeet Yadav via AlamyFastest 50 in playoffs
To go with that, VS had scored his 50 in only 16 deliveries, which happens to be the joint-fastest by a player, in the history of the competition. Raina had achieved the same at the Wankhede in 2014, against PBKS. Adam Gilchrist is third, with a 50 in 17, way back in 2009 vs DC.
16 – S Raina vs PBKS, Wankhede, 2014 16 – V Sooryavanshi vs SRH, Mullanpur, 2026* 17 – A Gilchrist vs DC, Centurion, 2009 20 – MS Dhoni vs MI, Bengaluru, 2012 21 – Dwayne Smith vs CSK, Delhi, 2013 21 – V Sehwag vs CSK, Wankhede, 2014 21 – R Patidar vs GT, Dharamsala, 2026The powerplay destroyer
This was Sooryavanshi’s 5th 50 plus score inside the PP — the 2nd most by any player. David Warner tops the list with 6. But the only difference is, in the number of matches played. The Indian has played only 22 matches, while Warner has 184 matches to his name. The list of records go on. He now has 5 50s in under 20 balls, while Abhishek has the most, 6.
What is mind boggling is, he now has the most runs in a single edition, in all PPs. He surpassed David Warner’s score of 467, achieved in 2016. He now stands at 490 runs, and could have at least two more matches to play.
490 – Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (2026)* 467 – David Warner (2016) 402 – Travis Head (2024) 402 – Sai Sudharsan (2025) 382 – Adam Gilchrist (2009)Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s plays IPL playoffs’ most memorable innings, scores 97 from 29 – a statistical highlight Inside Sport India.
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