Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bowl first
Rajasthan Royals rode Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 97-run knock to post 243-run total
Hyderabad bowled out for 196 runs in response
Teen sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi essayed a mind-boggling 97-run knock off just 29 balls as Rajasthan Royals (RR) vanquished SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 47 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Eliminator on Wednesday (May 27). The Royals' win in Mullanpur eliminated Hyderabad, while Rajasthan will now take on Gujarat Titans (GT) in Qualifier 2 at the same venue.
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Friday’s winner will meet Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the final at Ahmedabad on Sunday.
The 15-year-old Sooryavanshi clobbered his second-highest individual score of the season, studded with 12 sixes and five fours, as Rajasthan reached a record 243 for 8 in 20 overs.
It was the second-highest total in IPL playoffs, a day after RCB had posted the highest 254 against GT in Qualifier 1. Bengaluru beat Gujarat by 92 runs to advance to the final.
Meanwhile, Dhruv Jurel also hit a 21-ball fifty, whereas SRH’s top-order struggled to get going and they were bowled out for 196 in 19.2 overs. Jofra Archer picked up 3 for 58 in four overs, while Nandre Burger took 2 for 26.
Earlier, Sooryavanshi smacked his fifty off 16 balls and took control of proceedings. He hit eight sixes as Rajasthan scored 80 for no loss in the powerplay and reached a team total of 100 in 44 balls.
Sooryavanshi smacked another four sixes, scoring 47 off the next 12 balls, and was one hit away from the fastest-ever IPL hundred, when he was caught at third man in the eighth over.
He hit Praful Hinge for three sixes and two fours before holing out in search of Chris Gayle’s 30-ball record. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored a tame 29 in comparison, was caught in the 11th over.
Sooryavanshi broke Jaiswal’s record of most IPL runs by an uncapped batter (626) — he now has 680 runs in 15 innings, the current season’s highest tally. Jurel and skipper Riyan Parag then added 55 off 21 balls as Rajasthan carried forward their momentum. It was a sixth half-century for Jurel this season, before Hinge picked his second wicket.
Rajasthan lost regular wickets once past 200 in the 15th over but managed to garner enough momentum to record their highest-ever IPL total. Royals' previous best was also against Hyderabad – 242 for 5 in IPL 2025.
Hyderabad needed a blazing response to have any chance, but they ran into an in-form Archer, who had wrecked Mumbai Indians in the previous game. Archer dismissed Abhishek Sharma for a two-ball duck, bowled Travis Head for 17 and then Ishan Kishan was also caught — Hyderabad slumped to 57 for 4 in 4.4 overs.
Kishan had provided the quick start, hitting 33 off 11 balls, before he went for one shot too many off Archer. The game was settled when Heinrich Klaasen was out lbw to Yash Raj Punja for 18.
From 81 for 5, SRH breached the 190-mark thanks to Nitish Reddy (38) and impact sub Salil Arora (35), as the duo added 56 off 24 balls. Ravindra Jadeja dismissed both, as RR beat the SunRisers for the first time in seven matches.
SRH vs RR, IPL Eliminator: Toss Update
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bowl first.
SRH vs RR, IPL Eliminator: Playing XIs
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge.
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja.
SRH vs RR, IPL Eliminator: Impact Substitutes
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Salil Arora
Rajasthan Royals: Sushant Mishra
SRH vs RR, IPL Eliminator: Squads
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge, Aniket Verma, Liam Livingstone, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Zeeshan Ansari, Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Krains Fuletra, Onkar Tarmale, RS Ambrish, Amit Kumar.
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Shubham Dubey, Dasun Shanaka, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Yash Raj Punja, Brijesh Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Sushant Mishra, Aman Rao Perala, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, Adam Milne, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Kuldeep Sen, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Emanjot Singh Chahal, Vignesh Puthur.
