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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi played an innings quite unlike himself but a late surge at the death saw him get to 96 runs before he just missed his century, getting caught at third man while trying to clear the ropes off Kagiso Rabada. With the Royals needing an explosive finish, Donovan Ferreira slammed 4 sixes off Rashid Khan in the last over to end at 38 off 11 to help Rajasthan post 214/6 vs the Gujarat Titans.

Riyan Parag won the toss after a bit of controversy as the coin flip was redone after the match referee said that he could not hear Parag’s call on the first occasion. So, the toss was done again and Parag won it and opted to bat against Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans at Mullanpur in the IPL Qualifier 2. The Royals are unchanged while the Titans have one change with Sai Kishore coming back into the team.

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Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2026 - Qualifier 2Gujarat Titans219/3 (18.4)vsRajasthan Royals214/6 (20.0)Match Ended ( Qualifier 2 ) Gujarat Titans beat Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets View Scorecard

Into the 19th and GT need 10 from the last 2 overs. Tewatia on strike and he slams a four to start proceedings. 6 needed now. And that's followed by 4 more. 2 needed now. And Tewatia finishes things off with a boundary!! GT win by 7 wickets

14 off 18 needed and Washington is dismissed off the very first ball of the 18th over as he tries to finish things quickly and hole out to Ferrerira. So, a wicket against the run of play.

Archer in to bowl the 17th and after a couple of deliveries, Washington gets 4 more. WOW!!! Goes one better as he drives the next one over the rope for a SIX!! 200 up for GT. 12 from this one.

Tushar Despande in the attack now. GT just need 33 off 30. With Buttler and Washington there, a betting man would place his money on the Titans. After a quiet over, Sundar picks the last ball for a SIX!!

Archer back in the attack and yields just 2 singles from the first couple of deliveries. Gujarat won't mind this as long as they don't lose a wicket. AAAND A WICKET NOW!!! Gill misses for the first time tonight and he has been snared. LBW

Jadeja in the attack now and after 2 singles, Gill takes a century to bring up his century!! And he takes a bow as well. He has single-handedly taken this match away from the Royals.

Brijesh again and Sudharsan through the covers for 4 to start. Takes a single to put Gill on strike. The GT captain slaps the third ball to the boundary for four more!! This is the highest ever partnership in any playoff. RR are getting absolutely blown away here. AAAND THAT'S A FOUR AND SUDHARSAN IS HIT WICKET AGAIN!!! That's twice in two matches!! After the four, his bat slips out of his hands agin and knocks the bails off.

Burger is back and Sudharsan with a single to start. GT are chipping away at the target nicely here. RR look bereft of ideas. 700 runs for Gill now with a single, followed by another single by Sai. Gill with a pick up shot next for four more!! this is total dominance. The over ends with for more.

Punja continues and Sudharsan cuts him for a SIX!! This brings up his own half century!! Gill on strike and he smashes back to back fours to the extra cover boundary!! 17 from this over.

Jadeja introduced in the attack and Gill has smashed him for a SIX!! Comes down the track and clobbers it over the ropes. Follows that up with a couple of singles. GT are not in a hurry at all. Gill changes gear now with a pick up shot for SIX MORE!! And a four to sweeper cover to end the over.

Deshpande in again and Sudharsan goes off strike with a single. Bowls the next one short and Gill has pulled it over the ropes for SIX!! The bouncer dealt with disdain. A single next and Sudharsan is back on strike. And a cut for a single to bring up 100 for GT. Gill on strike now and he brings up his fifty with a four!! And the over ends with another 4!!

Punja introduced in the attack now. Can he break this opening stand? Nope, he goes too short and Sudharsan smashes it through the covers for 4!! Cuts the next one and that's gone to the boundary as well. 2 more from Gill and the over yields 12. Titans going swimmingly.

Brijesh continues and Gill starts this one off with a cover drive for a four!! Absolute class. A couple of singles next before Sharma has to bowl an extra ball due to erring in line. A wide again. 10 off this over.

Tushar Deshpande in the attack now and yields two singles off the first couple of deliveries. Sudharsan with a drive next as it speeds to the boundary!! Pulls the next one and that's also raced through midwicket for 4 more!! Both GT openers are in excellent touch. RR will look to break this partnership before the two can take this match away from them.

Brijesh Sharma in the attack now and starts off with a single off the first two deliveries. Gill on strike and he gets one over extra cover for four!! Still a decent over for RR. Just 7 from this.

Burger now and he provides a chance to the Royals!!! Sudharsan has slammed it high into the night sky and Ferreira has dropped it!!! Never looked comfortable under it. And Sudharsan makes him pay with a punch through the offside for four!! Aaand the last ball goes for 4 byes.

Archer continues and keeps the line in this over, yielding a single from the first couple of deliveries. Tries a yorker next and Sudharsan just keeps it out. The England international bangs the next one short and Gill pulls for 4!! The next one is smashed back past the bowler for 4 more!!

Burger in to bowl the next over and that has shaped away from the batter as well as the keeper for 5 wides. A couple of singles next as the batters keep rotating strike. 12 from this over ultimately.

We are back for the chase. Sudharsan will face Jofra Archer and he starts with a cut for a four!! A single next and Gill pulls away for four more!! GT off to a pretty good start. Archer drifts into the pads next and Gill picks it up for 4 more!! Remember that the last time he met RR, he had slammed 84. GT will need an innings like that from their skipper again. On the other end, Sudharsan ends the over with a placed four!!

Curiously, Rashid has been handed the last over. And he is clobbered in the second ball by Ferreira for a SIX!! Rashid hasn't had the best of days as he's hit for ANOTHER SIX!! 200 up!! Still, a head scratcher from gill to hand Rashid this over. Oh dear god!! Ferreira with ANOTHER SIX!! That's 3 in a row!! RR heading towards a big finish and Ferreira is dragging them there. AAAAND ANOTHER SIX TO END!!! He finishes with 38 off just 11. Rajasthan finish at 214/6 after 20 overs

Onto the 19th over and Prasidh will bowl. Can Rajasthan get to 200? Just a single from the first couple of deliveries. Ferreira finds a gap next and cuts for four!! A couple of singles follow. GT won't mind this at all. Ferreira ends the over with a pull which just reaches the boundary!!

Rabada to finish his quota with this over. he doesn't have a ball to bowl this one as the six by Sooryavanshi in the last over hasn't been retrieved from the crowd. So a new ball is taken. Jadeja gives the strike to Sooryavanshi who is on 96. AAAND HE'S GONE!!! Backs himself to clear third man and Washington takes the catch!!

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi c Washington Sundar b Kagiso Rabada 96(47)

Washington Sundar back in the attack and Sooryavanshi has slapped the ball past the bowler for a flat SIX!! This is unreal hitting. That hit to the helmet in the 14th over looks to have charged him up as he's broken all the shackles after it. The last ball is slog swept over the ropes for a SIX!!

Holder will continue and he slams the first ball over the in-field for a four to start!! 1000 IPL runs for the prodigy!! AAAND HE SLAMS ANOTHER ONE OVER THE BOUNDARY FOR SIX!! Gill was chasing after it and looks like he has hurt his neck a bit from all that straining from looking up. Follows that up with another four in the same region!! What a forehand as ADB compares Sooryavanshi to Rafa Nadal after that hit. 16 from this one.

Siraj will bowl his final over and he bangs the first one in short as Sooryavanshi swivels and gets it over fine leg for a SIX!! There's an overthrow now which enables the youngster to get back on strike. He takes another single and Jadeja sees off this over with two dots. Siraj finishes his spell with 4-0-42-1.

Rabada is back and he is welcomed with a SIX!!! That's muscled over sweeper cover by Sooryavanshi. Makes it look effortless. He is getting checked after getting hit on his helmet. Just 9 from this one.

Prasidh in the attack again and he'll be hoping that his fortune changes a bit after expensive couple of overs. Sooryavanshi pulls again, doesn't get a clean hit and it falls just short of the fielder. He is constantly trying the clear the bigger side of the ground and failing. Archer, meanwhile, goes to the shorter side with a SIX!! Swings his bat now and nicks behind to Buttler!!! Meanwhile, Sooryavanshi has brought up his half century, his slowest.

Holder will continue and starts with back to back dots as Shanaka is struggling to get off the mark. AAAND GONE!!! Back of the length, doesn't give the batter any room and he nicks behind to Buttler.

Prasidh back in the attack and Sooryavanshi with a cut for four to start. Too full by Prasidh and is punished!! The next one is pulled and that's miles up in the air!! Sudharsan was late off the mark and he can't get to what would have been an easy catch. He probably thought that the ball would carry to him. Will this come back to haunt GT?

Holder to bowl the 10th and Sooryavanshi with a single to start. AAAAND GONE!!! Holder strikes the middle over again as Parag holes out straight to Rabada!!! Big breakthrough.

There's another noteworthy moment in the match now as Jadeja is walking off. He's being tretired hurt and Parag is the new man in. He'll face Rashid Khan and the first couple of balls is smashed for a four and a SIX!! Takes a single and Sooryavanshi is on strike. Rashid had dismissed him in the league stage but he gets clobbered by the youngster for a SIX to start!! What a swivel pull.

Jason Holder brought into the attack. He has a knack of picking wickets in the middle overs. Can he break this partnership? Jadeja shimmies and smacks a four to start. Ohhh almost plays the next ball on but survives. 6 from this one.

Spin is in now as Washington Sundar has been given the new ball and Sooryavanshi takes a single to start. That is followed by a single by Jadeja. The next couple of deliveries also yield singles. Tidy over. Just 6 singles.

Prasidh to bowl the last over of the powerplay and Jadeja has hit the first ball high and it just about lands safely for 2 runs. Follows it up with a pull for a SIX!! Over fine leg it sails. Jadeja goes in the same area again and gets a 4 this time. 50-run partnership already up. GT won't be happy with the last few overs, failing to take advantage of those early wickets. The over ends with Jadeja pulling for four more.

Siraj will bowl the 5th over and Jadeja welcomes him with a cut for four!! Tries another cut and misses the next ball. There's a problem with Siraj now as he has pulled up and is holding his right shoulder. Not the sight anyone wants to see. He is good to go though and Jadeja with a single to bring up RR's 50. Siraj still looks to be in a bit of pain though but he'll finish his remaining over. A review now RR for a wide not given but the onfield decision stays as they lose a review. The over ends with a cut for a 4 by the 15-year-old prodigy.

Rabada to bowl the fourth and Jadeja with a single to start before Sooryavanshi blasts the second delivery for 4 more!! The next couple of balls are dots before Sooryavanshi slams him over long on for SIX!! His first maximum of the match.

Siraj continues and he employs the short pitched delivery as Sooryavanshi swings and misses. Slaps the second ball and it's just over the in-field for a FOUR!! Great battle going on between the batter and the bowler. Swings at the next ball and gets 2. Prasidh sweeps up. Sooryavanshi pulls again, does not get the necessary timing but it lands safely for 2 more. Ohhh dear!! The next one has too much bounce as Siraj's delivery is over everyone for 5 wides. Tries another short ball and Sooryavanshi pulls one to fine leg for another 4!! And ends the over with 4 more!!

Rabada steams in for the second over and Jurel edges it to midwicket for 2 runs before cutting the next ball for FOUR!! The fielder at third man can't do anything about it. Oh dear!!! There's another wicket down as Jurel mishits it and that has gone high in the air only for Gill to take the catch.

The bit of controversy at the toss will have to be put at the back of the mind now as we are ready for live action. Siraj with the new ball in hand and Jaiswal on strike. He swings and a good bit of fielding just keeps the first ball down to a single. He'll be bowling to the prodigy now and after cramping him for room, gives away a single. AAAND HE STRIKES!!! Jiaswal pulls and has picked out the man perfectly in the deep!!

Rajasthan Royals: Shubham Dubey, Sushant Mishra, Aman Rao Perala, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande

Gujarat Titans: Rahul Tewatia, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Kumar Kushagra, Arshad Khan

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja

Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj

Shubman Gill: We would have batted first as well. Forty overs of cricket already on this wicket and it won't behave differently. We have everything to play for, it's a now or never situation. One change: Sai Kishore is back.

Riyan Parag: We will bat first. Pretty much the same wicket, but I think it slows down at the backend, and we have the bowlers for it. We just need to play better cricket for 40 overs, the best team will win. The support staff have been incredible about recoveries and injuries. Same team.

Here come the two captains in the middle. The coin goes up and Parag calls heads. And Rajasthan win toss and opt to bat first. The toss had to be redone after Riyan Parag was not audible when calling, according to the match referee So, there was another toss and RR won with heads and sent GT to bowl first.

Gujarat Titans all-rounder Glenn Phillips was entrusted with facing the media after his team’s harrowing defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru, despite not featuring in the high-stakes contest at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on Tuesday night. The Kiwi star had to confront a variety of questions, of which a particular query left him fuming.

When quizzed if RCB’s Playoffs record score of 254 for five had already left the Gujarat players resigned back in the dressing room during the mid-innings break, Phillips gave a sharp retort to the reporter, striking down the question as “silly and terrible”.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won Qualifier 1 by 92 runs and posted 254 for 5 – the highest total in IPL playoff history. But for long stretches of the evening in Dharamsala, this was anything but one-sided.

The prolific Vaibhav Sooryavanshi drew big praises from the Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar himself after his blistering 97 runs off 29 deliveries in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday. Sooryavanshi slammed 12 sixes and 5 fours and just missed out on equalling or crossing Chris Gayle’s record for the fastest IPL century in 30 balls.

“Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s bat swing has been outstanding. What’s even more remarkable is how beautifully he clears his front foot to create room for balls aimed at his legs. This freedom allows him to play the way he does. That innings was nothing short of spectacular!,” Tendulkar posted on X.

The IPL is in its 19th season but the only jerseys worth collecting and sporting for a long time now were the ones with 7 (MS Dhoni), 18 (Virat Kohli) and 45 (Rohit Sharma) printed on them. This edition, one can add 03 (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi) to the short list.

The 15-year-old’s exploits – in terms of run-making, strike rate and six-hitting ability – has made him a favourite among those collecting jerseys.

A fastest-ever IPL century was there for the taking for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Having skyrocketed to 97 off 28 deliveries, Chris Gayle’s 30-ball century made against Pune Warriors India in 2013 looked under threat. But off the 29th delivery he faced, for the first time on Wednesday night, the 15-year-old Sooryavanshi mis-timed one short delivery to the thirdman.

The intention to go for another aerial shot so close to the three-figure landmark was very much in Sooryavanshi’s element. Having hit 12 sixes on the night, the left-hander backed himself, but eventually found the fielder.

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s bowling lineup has made a few headlines this season in the 2026 Indian Premier League but Rajasthan Royals’ teenaged sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made a mockery of them in the early exchanges of the Eliminator between the two sides on Wednesday. Sooryavanshi blasted a barrage of sixes with every SRH bowler, including captain Pat Cummins, bearing the brunt. Overall, the teenager hit as many as 12 sixes and five fours.

In the process, he broke Chris Gayle’s 14-year-old record for sixes hit in an IPL season. Gayle had hit 59 maximums in the 2012 season of the IPL. Sooryavanshi had started on 53 sixes before the start of the match. Even before the end of the first 10 overs of the matc, the teenager had gone past it.

The surface has provided consistent bounce and good carry this season, which has made it easier for batsmen to get their big hits going early on. On the other hand, though, none of this will matter if Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Jofra Archer get going with their repsective crafts, as was seen in the Eliminator. SRH had done well to bring RR’s scoring rate down drastically towards the end of the innings and even then, they never really looked capable of challenging RR with the bat largely thanks to Archer’s devastating early spell. Similarly, RR posted 243 despite scoring just 36 runs in the last five overs due to Sooryavanshi’s record knock.

The redeemed Jofra Archer exudes a narrow-eyed suspicion in everything that he does this IPL. The celebrations post-wickets are non-celebratory. He breaks into a brisk stroll rather than a full-pelt sprint from his follow-through, sometimes contorting his index finger and thumb into the alphabet C, a reminder of his chillingly famous duel with Steve Smith in 2019 Ashes, where he concussed him with a fiendish bouncer.

Hardik Pandya‘s reign as Mumbai Indians captain is coming to an end. After a season in which they lost 10 of 14 games, finished ninth, and extended their title drought to six years, MI is set to overhaul its squad — starting with the captaincy.

Gujarat Titans will face an uphill task to recover from their Qualifier 1 defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru and rally for a comeback shot at the IPL 2026 title. However, former India spinner R Ashwin believes Shubman Gill’s men are the firm favourites to upstage Rajasthan Royals in the Qualifier 2 match on Friday and redeem themselves against RCB in the final on Sunday.

Despite conceding a whopping 254-run total to RCB and succumbing to a 92-run defeat, Ashwin remarked that the Titans will certainly take down Rajasthan before utilising the home advantage in the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

“GT will 100% beat RR all the way. I can give it in writing. And if GT qualify for the final, they are winning the trophy for sure. They’ve the Ahmedabad track measured to an inch. GT will win their second title. RCB’s only hope is to catch a flight and stop GT in Mullanpur itself because they’ve no chance in Ahmedabad,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.

In the coming days, India’s selectors will sit down to chalk a new path for the T20 team. The main discussion point would be Suryakumar Yadav’s form, with the likes of Rajat Patidar and Shreyas Iyer breathing down his neck after a good run in the IPL.

The opening duo will be another point of discussion, with multiple options emerging and making it tough to select the best player from the lot.

That discussion will also have a key question to answer: Where does Shubman Gill, India’s Test and ODI captain and maker of over 600 runs in IPL 2026, stand? Having become the T20 vice-captain in August 2025, his place in the side seemed settled. Yet, inconsistent form forced the selectors to drop the axe on him for the T20 World Cup, when the squad came out in December 2025.

Rishabh Pant has stepped down as captain of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise announced on Friday. This brings to an end a rather forgettable tenure as LSG skipper for Pant, with the wicketkeeper-batter captaining the side in 28 matches and winning just 10.

Sunrisers Hyderabad employed a few tricks but failed miserably. By the time Pat Cummins and Co. could get through the first half of the innings, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi had nearly stubbed the contest, powering Rajasthan Royals single-handedly through towards the Qualifier 2 spot.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Rajasthan Royals: RR won by 6 wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals: KKR won by 4 wickets

Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: SRH won by 5 wickets

Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants: RR won by 7 wickets

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals, Eliminator: RR won by 47 runs

Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans: PBKS won by 3 wicketsGujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals: RR won by 6 runsDelhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans: GT won by 1 runLucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans: GT won by 7 wicketsGujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders: GT won by 5 wicketsGujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians: Mi won by 99 runsRoyal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans: RCB won by 5 wicketsChennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans: GT won by 8 wicketsGujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: GT won by 4 wicketsGujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings: GT won by 4 wicketsRajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans: GT won by 77 runsGujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: GT won by 82 runsKolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans: KKR won by 29 runsGujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings: GT won by 89 runs

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans, Qualifier 1: RCB won by 92 runs

Interestingly, with only a day’s break between Qualifier 2 and the final in Ahmedabad on Sunday, no reserve day will be available for the GT vs RR Qualifier 2 match. Instead, an additional 120 minutes of play will be made possible through the night. In case of a complete washout without a result, Gujarat will qualify for the final owing to their higher league-stage finish. While GT accumulated 18 points, RR only had 16 points in 14 matches.

According to the BBC weather forecast, light rain showers are expected consistently throughout the evening at the Chandigarh venue. Rainfall chances are expected to spike up to 40 percent around 9:30 PM IST and hold steady for the next three hours, raising the possibility of a rain-marred contest to decide the finalist.

Gujarat Titans Squad: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Kulwant Khejroliya, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Kumar Kushagra, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Luke Wood, Connor Esterhuizen, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Manav Suthar, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Ashok Sharma.

Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Sushant Mishra, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja, Shubham Dubey, Aman Rao Perala, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande, Adam Milne, Shimron Hetmyer, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Kwena Maphaka, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Emanjot Singh Chahal, Vignesh Puthur.

Gujarat Titans: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan/Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Yash Raj Punja, Brijesh Sharma, Tushar Deshpande

What can Mullanpur expect after Tuesday night? With Vaibhav Sooryavanshi raising the possibilities of power-hitting with each passing game, the premonition of what could go wrong tonight is already well-documented for the Gujarat Titans. Shubman Gill has a lot riding on him as a prominent leader in the league. Does he have a few neat tricks up his sleeve to stop the Sooryavanshi juggernaut early tonight in Mullanpur? Stay tuned....

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