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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was taken disconnected the tract during SRH's innings (Screegrabs)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi suffered an wounded scare aft walking disconnected the tract successful symptom during Rajasthan Royals’ IPL 2026 lucifer against Sunrisers Hyderabad connected Saturday, soon aft scoring a record-breaking century.The 15-year-old appeared to beryllium wounded portion fielding successful the aboriginal stages of SRH’s chase. He was attended to by the physio and yet had to beryllium helped disconnected the field. The incidental unfolded aboriginal successful the 2nd innings. Fielding astatine covers, Sooryavanshi sprinted aft a lofted changeable from Ishan Kishan but abruptly pulled up, clutching his close thigh. He struggled to determination freely and yet had to beryllium assisted disconnected by the squad physio, sparking fears of a hamstring injury.While the archetypal visuals suggested a hamstring pull, but it aboriginal appeared much apt that the teen was battling terrible cramps. Having spent important clip astatine the crease during Rajasthan’s innings, the carnal toll of batting successful utmost temperatures seemed to drawback up with him.Before the scare, Sooryavanshi had lit up Jaipur with an innings that bordered connected the outrageous. The teen smashed 103 disconnected conscionable 37 balls, peppering the bound with 12 sixes and 5 fours astatine a staggering onslaught complaint of 278.38 successful IPL 2026.
The milestone-laden sound saw him:
- Become the youngest subordinate to 1,000 T20 runs
- Reach the landmark successful conscionable 473 balls - the fastest ever
- Register his 2nd IPL century, becoming the archetypal uncapped subordinate to bash so
- Hammer 1 of the fastest fifties (15 balls) successful IPL history
Riding connected Sooryavanshi’s blitz and a dependable 51 from Dhruv Jurel, Rajasthan Royals posted a daunting 228/6. A precocious cameo from Donovan Ferreira added the finishing touches.However, contempt the imposing total, Sunrisers Hyderabad chased it down successful 18.3 overs, pulling disconnected a five-wicket triumph successful a high-scoring thriller connected a manic Saturday successful IPL 2026, which saw Delhi Capitals extremity up connected the losing broadside contempt posting 264/2 with Punjab Kings mowing down the target, mounting a caller grounds for the highest palmy pursuit successful T20 history, kanung 264/4 successful 18.5 overs.
