Raghuvanshi's day. We lived in it
We leave you with the top of our end-of-game report. See you tomorrow.
In his third IPL match, the 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi brought down to their knees seasoned pros from the best bowling unit in the tournament, some of whom have been playing for longer than he has lived. The youngest T20 centurion, among the youngest handful centurions in all representative cricket, the second-quickest century in the IPL in 35 balls, most sixes – 11 - for an Indian in an IPL innings, highest boundary percentage in an IPL innings with 94 of his runs coming in boundaries, Suryavanshi knocked off plenty of records. Oh, did we mention that sealed the chasse of 210 in 15.5 overs after Rajasthan Royals had lost three straight chases they bossed but for the final step.
Suryavanshi’s opening partner Yashavi Jaiswal played a lovely unbeaten T20 innings of 70 off 40, but he was the first one to admit he was left in the background by “one of the best innings I have seen”. Suryavanshi tried to hit boundaries off 26 out of the 37 balls he faced. He nailed 15 of those attempts, but also got 25 off the 11 false shots when he tried to attack. The most impressive was a six over long-off off a slower hard-length ball from the tall Prasidh Krishna. Perfect mix of intent, skill and luck. All at an age when most kids are dreaming of doing exactly what he did. Or do they even dare dream so high?
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All done in 15.5 overs
Yashasvi Jaiswal has played a lovely unbeaten T20 innings of 70 off 40, but he is not even remotely the highlight of the night. The 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi's 101 off 38 has reeled off the required 210 with 25 balls to spare. What fortune to witness this early teen bringing to knees seasoned pros, the best bowling side of the competition.
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Sixy Suryavanshi
11 Number of sixes hit by Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the highest by an Indian in an IPL innings
Most sixes in an IPL innings by an Indian
Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR) - 11 v GT, today
Murali Vijay (CSK) - 11 v RR 2010
Sanju Samson (RR) - 10 v RCB 2018
Shreyas Iyer (DD) - 10 v KKR 2018
Shubman Gill (GT) - 10 v MI 2023
Abhishek Sharma (SRH) - 10 v PBKS 2025
Murali Vijay (CSK) - 11 v RR 2010
Sanju Samson (RR) - 10 v RCB 2018
Shreyas Iyer (DD) - 10 v KKR 2018
Shubman Gill (GT) - 10 v MI 2023
Abhishek Sharma (SRH) - 10 v PBKS 2025
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Rashid 4-0-24-1: 174 for 2 in 13
Amid all the mayhem, Rashid Khan has bowled four overs for 24 runs and also Nitish Rana's wicket. His pace and accuracy prevented any big hits off his bowling. RR still favourites to cruise this now.
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The Suryavanshi show ends: 166 for 1 in 11.5 overs
He left with a tear in his eyes when he was dismissed during his first IPL match. He had hit the first ball he faced for a six that day, leaving everyone in awe. Today, though, finally bowled off a lovely yorker from Prasidh Krishna for 101 off 38, there might be tears of joy once he gets back into the change room. This is an awesome innings that has left the whole stadium and ground on its feet. Yashasvi Jaiswal hugs him on his way back, a walk slower than Inzamam-ul-Haq's. The opposition are falling over each other to shake his hand. The whole dugout and the stands are on their feet as he finally makes it off the field.
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Hundred for Suryavanshi
Vaibhav Suryavanshi is the second-youngest centurion in all representative cricket when recorded. Definitely the youngest in T20s. And he has done so in the second-quickest time in the IPL. He now affords himself a smile and a salute to the dugout. Even Rahul Dravid has kicked away his crutches and shunned the grimace he has worn throughout this IPL.
This is just the perfect mix of intent, skill and luck. Twenty-five attacking shots in 35 balls. Eleven of those 25 are false shots, but they have gone for 25 runs. And the other 14 are some of the most brutal and joyful hitting you can expect from anyone leave alone a teenager playing against men who have been playing cricket for longer than he has lived. Just sensational.
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Suryavanshi ruins Janat's debut: 144 for 0 in 10
Debutant Karim Janat has been given the ball after all else has failed, and Vaibhav Suryavanshi says "padharo mhare des" in the rudest way possible. Just brutal hitting.
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Shackles = broken: 108 for 0 in 8
And not just off any bowler. Off GT's best bowler this year, Prasidh Krishna. Yashasvi Jaiswal has to do some manufacturing at the start with a ramp and a pull behind square, but Vaibhav Suryavanshi ends the over with a six over long-off off a slower ball on hard length. Sensational batting.
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Rashid brings some sanity: 91 for 0 in 7
Rashid Khan is just too quick in the air and too precise with his defensive length that Vaibhav Suryavanshi is unable to hit him out of the park. Three singles and a leg-bye off the over. That makes it 10 off the last two overs.
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RR's biggest powerplay
87 Number of runs RR have scored in this powerplay, their highest ever, beating 85 for 1 against SRH in 2023
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Suryavanshi's intent: 87 for 0 in 6
Vaibhav Suryavanshi has played 20 balls. He has attacked 14 of those. He has played a false shot to 7 of those attacking shots. And he is 52 off 20. Perfect mix of intent, skill and luck.
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Suryavanshi 51* off 17: 81 for 0 in 15
This is the fastest fifty of this IPL. The cold kid is not even smiling let alone celebrating. This is some hitting. Spin has had no impact on him. GT are shellshocked. Six sixes and two fours in 17 balls. He has not attacked perhaps one or two balls.
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Suryavasnhi joins the party: 60 for 0 in 4
Oof what bat speed from the 14-year-old. He has thrown everything at ishant Sharma's second over, taking 28 off him. He is 35 off 13. The highlight of that highlight reel of an over the disdainful slog over midwicket as Ishant overpitched. This is RR's fastest fifty this IPL.
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RR up and running: 32 for 0 in 3
This is not going to be a straightforward defence. Yashasvi Jaiswal has got off to another rapid start, hitting a six off Ishant Sharma and three fours of Mohammed Siraj. All after be3ing dropped by Buttler. He is 21 off 11.
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Buttler drops Jaiswal: 12 for 1 in 1.1
Seven balls full of action. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has smacked a good length ball from Mohammed Siraj for a six over long-on. At the start of the next over, Ishant Sharma draws a skier out of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler waves everyone away, runs towards backward point, but drops it. Perhaps late swerve, perhaps the point fielder in his peripheral vision.
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GT sub their captain out
This is how insignificant captaincy can be. Shubman Gill has been subbed out for Impact Player Ishant Sharma. One could argue that anyway GT are captained by Ashish Nehra from the sidelines.
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Buttler gets 50, GT get 209
Jos Buttler was 48 at the end of the 18th over. In the next two overs, he got just the two balls to face, reaching 50 off 26. The last two overs go for just 22, small consolation for RR. Because 209 is a pretty good total in Jaipur.
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Buttler punishes Archer: 187 for 2 in 18
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Jpfra Archer misses the yorker narrowly, and his former England captain Jos Buttler lofts him over long-on for a six. He goes short, and Washington Sundar plays his Gabba pull over fine leg for six. To end the over, Buttler reverse-ramps him over short third. Brutal. Buttler 48 off 24. With 404 runs for this IPL, he is No. 4.
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Gill goes for 84: 167 for 2 in 16.4
Yet another batter fails to get the desired elevation on a full ball from Maheesh Theekshana. Again too close to this low full toss, and he is caught at long-off for 84 off 50. His aggregate for this year now is 389, No. 6.
Mockers on Hasaranga: 149 for 1 in 15
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That's Hasaranga's last over. He misses the length at least three times, and Jos Buttler takes full toll. The best of the shots, though, was when he danced down the wicket and drilled a wide length ball for a straight six. He 30 off 15 all of a sudden, and past Shubman Gill's aggregate for the year. Three GT batters in the top six now.
Poor Hasaranga ends with unflattering figures of 4-0-39-0 despite three superb overs without a boundary.
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Into the top 5 goes Gill: 125 for 1 in 14
Shubman Gill breaks the shackles as Yudhvir Singh provides him pace on the ball. Two big sixes square on the leg side in the 15th over take him to 382 runs for this IPL, which is No. 5 on the list. Two GT batters in the top 5, followed by Jos Buttler at No. 8.
Gill 77 off 45.
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Hasaranga imposes boundaries: 110 for 1 in 13
Wanindu Hasaranga has been superb in his three overs so far, conceding zero boundaries and a total of just 15 runs. The only wicket RR have got came on the back of a tight Hasaranga over. Just 23 off the last four overs now. Gill 63 off 40, Buttler 6 off 8.
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BSS falls to Theekshana: 93 for 1 in 10.2
I have always suspected Maheesh Theekshana gets lift - the opposite of dip - at times, which makes his deliveries pitch fuller than anticipated. I suspect that's what might have happened when B Sai Sudharsan decided to loft him down the ground but got too close to the ball, didn't get the elevation and drilled it straight to long-on. Gone for 39 off 30.
The new batter is Jos Buttler, coming in to bat at his former home ground.
Fifty for Gill: 90 for 0 in 9.3
The fourth time Shubman Gill has reached 50 this IPL. He has done so in only 29 balls, and he has played just the three false shots. One of them was a half chance for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi running in from deep square leg.
Sudharsan gets the orange cap back: 74 for 0 in 8.0
B Sai Sudharsan now has 448 runs, five more than Virat Kohli's 443. His strike-rate is above 150 as against Kohli's 138. He is now 31 off 24.
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Gill slog-sweeps Parag for six: 62 for 0 in 6.3
This is a low pitch, Riyan Parag has a low-arm action, which makes the sweep a low-percentage shot. Shubman Gill, though, has taken the slog-sweep on, refusing to be content with what is offered. He has stretched out in front and nailed this for a six. Mind you, this is not a small playing field. Gill 33 off 18 now.
Yet another fifty opening: 53 for 0 in 6.0
This is the fifth stand of 50 or more between Shubman Gill and B Sai Sudharsan. Sudharsan 26 off 20, Gill 25 off 16. They have won yet another powerplay. Just four false shots in 36 balls.
Their aggregate has now gone past 500.
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GillDharsan chug along: 38 for 0 in 4.0
Hardly any aerial shots, and GT have got to 38 for 0 in four overs. This is conservative T20 batting, but at its very peak. Jofra Archer gets a change of ends but it makes no difference to these openers. Shubman Gill 21 off 13, B Sai Sudharsan 17 off 11.
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Hetmyer drops BSS: 17 for 0 in 2.0
Another measured start from Gujarat Titans against Jofra Archer and Maheesh Theekshana. No movement for Archer, and B Sai Sudharsan picks a boundary off the pads off him. Theekshana shares the new ball, overpitches, is hit for four, and then a similar delivery is hit straight to extra cover but dropped by Shimron Hetmyer.
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Gill-BSS partnership
448 Number of runs Shubman Gill and B Sai Sudharsan have added in this IPL. No other pair has added these many runs together. Can Jofra Archer get past them?
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RR choose to chase, Rutherford misses out for GT
On a pitch that looked similar to the "LSG game" to their captain Riyan Parag, Rajasthan Royals elected to field first, RR dominated the chase of 181 but stumbled at the final step, losing by two runs. Parag also said there had been dew on the eve of the match.
Gujarat Titans handed out a debut to Karim Janat. Sherfaine Rutherford was missing for GT; he wasn't in the list of substitutes either.
RR brought back mystery spinner Maheesh Theekshana to their side in accordance with the low bounce expected in Jaipur. He replaced swing bowler Fazalhar Farooqi. Tushar Deshpande, who went for 36 in two overs in the last game, was left out for Yudhvir Singh.
RR were playing for survival in the tournament, needing to win all their remaining five games to give themselves half a chance of qualifying for the playoffs. GT were just two points behind the table toppers Royal Challengers Bengaluru, but they had two games in hand.
GT won the first match between these two teams comfortably, starting for RR a five-match losing streak. Three of those were games that RR bossed for 35 overs or so before failing to close them out.
Gujarat Titans 1 B Sai Sudharsan, 2 Shubman Gill (capt.), 3 Jos Buttler (wk), 4 Washington Sundar, 5 M Shahrukh Khan, 6 Rahul Tewatia, 7 Karim Janat, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 R Sai Kishore, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Prasidh Krishna,
Possible Impact Players Ishant Sharma, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Arshad Khan
Rajasthan Royals 1 Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 2 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 3 Nitish Rana, 4 Riyan Parag (capt.), 5 Dhruv Jurel, 6 Shimron Hetmyer, 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Sandeep Sharma, 9 Jofra Archer, 10 Maheesh Theekshana, 11 Yudhvir Singh
Possible Impact Players Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kunal Singh Rathore
A must-win for RR
Just worked out that RR will be knocked out of the tournament if they lose tonight. Because if they lose tonight, they can only get to 12 maximum. Already RCB and GT will have gone past 12 if RR lose tonight. Then MI, PBKS and DC will play against each other at least once, which means at least two of those three will go past 12 too. So 12 points is not good enough to qualify. All matches are now must-win games for RR and CSK.
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BSS has to answer
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What's been happening in Jaipur?
Just the third match in Jaipur, once upon a time the fortress for Rajasthan Royals. They now prefer playing elsewhere because there is no full-time state association that can keep the stadium in shape. Every year they drift a little further away from SMS in Jaipur, but right now this game is there, and let's look at how the conditions have been.
In both the matches, the side batting first has scored around 170-180, and for large parts of the defence they have been out of it. However, that second game was one of the last three that RR should have won but lost. So Jaipur seems like a field-first venue where the toss is crucial. We will wait for further intel on the conditions from the ground.
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LLLLL vs WWLWW
How do you dust yourself up and get up once again after five straight losses? Especially when the last three should have been comfortable wins. Do Rajasthan Royals have enough spirit in them to once play good cricket to get themselves into a winning position again?
RR's slide began with a defeat to the side they are facing again today. The most consistent side in the IPL since they made their debut in 2022, Gujarat Titans. They have been consistent again with their low-risk, bowling-dominated approach. They are No. 2 on the table, but they have two matches in hand. A win tonight will certainly take them to the top.
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