RR Vs LSG, IPL 2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Blinder Keeps Royals Alive In Playoff Race

Rajasthan Royals' (RR) 'Boss Baby' Vaibhav Sooryavanshi cracked a stupendous 93-run knock against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Jaipur on Tuesday (May 19) to keep his team in contention for the final Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 playoff spot.

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The 15-year-old Sooryavanshi smashed 10 sixes and seven fours in his boundary-rich 38-ball knock as Rajasthan cruised to 225 for 3 in 19.1 overs for a seven-wicket win.

Mitchell Marsh (96 off 57) had earlier missed out on a hundred but the Australian opener’s century stand with his countryman Josh Inglis (60 off 29) had carried Lucknow to 220 for 5.

RR overtook Punjab Kings at No. 4 on the points table behind three teams that have already qualified for the playoffs: Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Rajasthan could seal the final playoff spot if they beat Mumbai Indians in their last league game on May 24.

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Unlike his aggressive style of batting from the onset, Sooryavanshi took his time before charging against the pace. He scored only five runs off the first 10 balls he faced, but the youngster showed exhilarating power-hitting to score 88 off the next 28 balls.

Fast bowler Akash Singh (1/54) conceded four boundaries against stand-in skipper Yashasvi Jaiswal in his 23-run first over before dismissing him in his second over.

Sooryavanshi raised the tally of his sixes to 53 this season and needs seven more big hits to break Chris Gayle’s 14-year-old IPL record of 59 sixes. The teenager could have been run-out in the 90s when Mohsin Khan couldn't hit the stumps at the non-striker's end from close range before the fast bowler had the youngster caught at long-on in the 14th over.

Dhruv Jurel made sure Rajasthan scored at a rapid pace and remained unbeaten on 53 off 38 balls, achieving the target with five balls to spare.

RR Vs LSG, IPL 2026: Toss Update

Yashasvi Jaiswal walked out for the toss with Rishabh Pant. Royals won the coin flip and elected to bowl first. Jaiswal said regular RR skipper Riyan Parag was not playing the game due to a hamstring niggle, and Ravindra Jadeja was out too due to an unspecified injury.

For LSG, Mohammed Shami was replaced with Mohsin Khan. Aiden Markram also did not play as he has left for South Africa due to personal reasons, and Ayush Badoni replaced him.

RR Vs LSG, IPL 2026: Playing XIs

Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh, Josh Inglis, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (wk/c), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Akash Maharaj Singh, Prince Yadav

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal (c), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Donovan Ferreira, Shubham Dubey, Dasun Shanaka, Jofra Archer, Sushant Mishra, Sandeep Sharma, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja

Lucknow Super Giants Impact substitute: Digvesh Singh Rathi

Rajasthan Royals Impact substitute: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

IPL 2026 Playoff Fixtures

Qualifier 1: Dharamsala, May 26

Eliminator: New Chandigarh, May 27

Qualifier 2: New Chandigarh, May 29

Final: Ahmedabad, May 31