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Ravindra Jadeja and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: Rajasthan Royals)
NEW DELHI: What’s successful Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s bat? Every clip the 15-year-old walks out, helium takes the onslaught to the bowlers - smashing them each astir the ground, denting their system rates, and giving his squad explosive starts with fearless strokeplay.Ahead of Rajasthan Royals’ IPL 2026 clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad astatine the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium successful Hyderabad, determination was a light-hearted infinitesimal involving Ravindra Jadeja and the teenage sensation.Jadeja picked up Sooryavanshi’s bat for a person look and, portion examining it, joked, “Par ye tune karwaya hai ki... Ye Candy jaisa kyun karwaya hai?.”The SRH vs RR clash promises a conflict betwixt 2 of the astir explosive opening pairs this season.
On 1 broadside are Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, portion Rajasthan Royals boast Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sooryavanshi astatine the top.
The Head-Abhishek duo has been scoring astatine a blistering complaint of 13 runs per over, portion the Jaiswal-Sooryavanshi brace isn’t acold down astatine 12.5. Leading the charts, however, are Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya, who person gone astatine a staggering 13.91 runs per over.Meanwhile, Sooryavanshi is closing successful connected a historical milestone.
In conscionable 22 matches and innings, helium has amassed 901 runs astatine an mean of 42.90 and a stunning onslaught complaint of 215.55, including 3 centuries and 3 fifties.The grounds for the fastest 1,000 runs successful men’s T20s is held by Brad Hodge and Shaun Marsh, with Hodge being the archetypal subordinate to scope the landmark.Currently, Sooryavanshi besides holds the Orange Cap, having scored 200 runs successful 4 matches astatine an mean of 50.00 and an unthinkable onslaught complaint of 266.66, including 2 fifties and 18 sixes.
