Ninety-Seven Off Twenty-Nine
IPL Reports / Ninety-Seven Off Twenty-Nine
Rajasthan Royals 243/8 (20 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad 196 (19.2 overs)
Third against fourth. Hyderabad had 18 points, same as the top two, worse net run rate. Rajasthan had 16 and had climbed in on the last league afternoon. Mullanpur, 27 May. The winner would play Gujarat. The loser would go home.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made 97 off 29. Twelve sixes. He was out before a hundred. Rajasthan still reached 243 for 8. Cricbuzz counted 26 sixes in the match, the most in an IPL knockout. Sooryavanshi was player of the match. He was already the season’s leading run-scorer. This innings is why.
Hyderabad were bowled out for 196 in 19.2 overs. Sushant Mishra had Shivang Kumar caught by Sooryavanshi at short third. The season’s orange cap took the catch that ended it. Margin: 47 runs. Rajasthan had won all four games they played at this ground. They used the fourth to stay alive.
TATA IPL 2026 Eliminator: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals. If the player does not load, open it on YouTube.
Sooryavanshi finished the tournament with 776 runs and the most valuable player award. None of that was decided on this night. This night was only 97 off 29, and a side that would not bat again in 2026.