SRH Vs RR, IPL 2026 Eliminator: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Blitzkrieg Powers Rajasthan Royals To Qualifier 2
Rajasthan Royals (RR) crushed SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 47 runs in their Indian Premier League 2026 Eliminator clash in Mullanpur on Wednesday (May 27). Rajasthan Royals will take on Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2 at the same venue on Friday. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hit 97 off 29 balls to power RR to a massive 243 for eight. In reply, SRH folded for 196 in 19.2 overs. Jofra Archer was the pick among the bowlers for RR, returning 3/58. Ishan Kishan made 33 to give a brisk start before a collapse. Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 38 and Salil Arora made 35 in SRH’s reply.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's captain Pat Cummins, and Rajasthan Royals' captain Riyan Parag standing next to the winners' trophy pose for the photograph before the coin toss of the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Rajasthan Royals'' Yashasvi Jaiswal, left, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi toss during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Rajasthan Royals' Yashasvi Jaiswal plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Eliminator T20 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals, in New Chandigarh. | Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma
Rajasthan Royals' Vaibhav Sooryavanshi plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Rajasthan Royals' Vaibhav Sooryavanshi celebrates his fifty runs during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo; AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Rajasthan Royals' Vaibhav Sooryavanshi plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Praful Hinge celebrates the wicket of Rajasthan Royals' Vaibhav Sooryavanshi during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Rajasthan Royals' Vaibhav Sooryavanshi gets an applause from the dug out as he leaves the ground after losing his wicket during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Shivang Kumar celebrates with teammates the wicket of Rajasthan Royals' captain Yashasvi Jaiswal during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Rajasthan Royals' Dhruv Jurel during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 Eliminator cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad, in New Chandigarh. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
Rajasthan Royals' Dhruv Jurel celebrates his fifty runs as captain Riyan Parag, right, looks on during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Nitish Kumar Reddy takes the catch to dismiss Rajasthan Royals' Dhruv Jurel during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Rajasthan Royals' Ravindra Jadeja plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Rajasthan Royals' Ravindra Jadeja, right, and Donovan Ferreira run between the wickets during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Abhishek Sharma leaves the ground after losing his wicket during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Travis Head clean bowled by Rajasthan Royals' Jofra Archer during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Ishan Kishan plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Eliminator T20 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals, in New Chandigarh. | Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma
Rajasthan Royals' Nandre Burger celebrates the wicket of Sunrisers Hyderabad's Smaran Ravichandran during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Rajasthan Royals' Ravindra Jadeja drops the catch of Sunrisers Hyderabad's captain Ishan Kishan during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Rajasthan Royals' Jofra Archer, centre, celebrates with teammates the wicket of Sunrisers Hyderabad's Ishan Kishan, right, during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Nitish Kumar Reddy plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 Eliminator cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad, in New Chandigarh. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Heinrich Klaasen plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 Eliminator cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad, in New Chandigarh. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Salil Arora plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Rajasthan Royals' fan cheer during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh, India. | Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Shivang Kumar is assisted by Rajasthan Royals' wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel after a hamstring pull during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Eliminator T20 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals, in New Chandigarh | Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma
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