The Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 47 runs in the Eliminator at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium
in Mullanpur on Wednesday, May 27.
Pat Cummins' decision to bowl first on a flat deck backfired as Vaibhav Sooryavanshi unlocked beast mode. He put the SRH bowlers to the sword with his scintillating batting display, foiling whatever plans they had against him. Sooryavanshi was eventually dismissed for 97 off 29 balls. He was within a whisker of breaking the record for the fastest IPL century (30 balls).
Dhruv Jurel also played an impressive knock of 50 off 21 balls, while Riyan Parag contributed with a crucial cameo of 26 off 12 deliveries. SRH picked up a few wickets towards the latter stage, but thanks to Sooryavanshi's pandemonium, RR finished on a massive score of 243/8.
In reply, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head had to fire for SRH. However, the former was dismissed off the second ball by Jofra Archer. Head and Ishan Kishan gave SRH hopes of a historic win with a 51-run partnership off just 15 balls. However, Archer disrupted their plans by sending both of them back to the hut inside the power play.
Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Salil Arora played enterprising cameos, but it was never going to be enough for the Orange Army. They were eventually bowled out for 196 in 19.2 overs as Rajasthan progressed to Qualifier 2.
Here are the top stats and milestones from Eliminator:
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi becomes the youngest to complete 600 runs in an IPL season.
- Sooryavanshi broke Chris Gayle's record for most sixes in an IPL season (59). The youngster has now hit 65 sixes this season.
- Sooryavanshi equalled Suresh Raina's record for the fastest 50 in IPL knockouts/Playoffs by balls faced. Raina had also scored a 16-ball half-century against the Punjab Kings in IPL 2014.
- Sooryavanshi now has the second-most 50-plus scores (5) inside power play. David Warner is at the top with six 50-plus scores.
- Sooryavanshi is tied at the second spot for most 50s (5) in less than 20 balls in the IPL. Abhishek Sharma tops the list with six.
- Sooryavanshi hit eight sixes in overs 1-6. This is the most by any batter in an IPL innings.
- Sooryavanshi now has the most power play runs (490) in an IPL season.
- RR brought up their team hundred in 7.2 overs. This is the second-quickest in IPL knockouts. CSK holds the record, bringing up 100 runs in six overs against Punjab Kings in IPL 2014 Qualifier 2.
- Sooryavanshi is tied with Chris Gayle for hitting 10-plus sixes the most number of times in an IPL innings (4).
- Sooryavanshi now has the most runs by an uncapped player in an IPL season (680).
- Sooryavanshi equalled his own record for the most sixes by a batter in an IPL innings (12).
- 136 runs is the highest first 10 overs total in an IPL knockouts/playoffs innings, bettering 122 runs by CSK vs PBKS in 2014 Qualifier 2.
- Dhruv Jurel is joint-second on the list of the most 50-plus scores (6) for RR in an IPL season. Jos Buttler holds the record with eight 50-plus scores in IPL 2022.
- RR brought up 200 runs in 14.4 overs, the quickest by a team in an IPL knockouts/Playoffs match, bettering 16.4 overs by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Qualifier 1 against the Gujarat Titans (GT).
- Pat Cummins conceded 64 runs, the highest he has given away in a T20 match in his career.
- This was the eighth 200-plus total for RR this season. This is the joint-second highest. SRH, Punjab Kings and RCB did it nine times last year.
- Abhishek Sharma now has most ducks (8 in 28 innings) in a calendar year in T20s by an Indian.
- Sunrisers brought up 50 runs in 2.4 overs. This is the joint-second-quickest in all IPL.
- Heinrich Klaasen finished fourth on the list of most runs (624) by a non-opening batter in an IPL season.
