Century Not Enough: SRH Raze 229 Despite Sooryavanshi Ton

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 103 off 37: 5 fours, 12 sixes, SR 278.37. 2nd IPL hundred, 36-ball ton — 3rd fastest in IPL history Powerplay carnage: 73/1 after 6 overs. Sooryavanshi hit 4 sixes in the 1st over off Praful Hinge, 25 runs Fifty in 15 balls, then converted to 100 in 36 balls Dhruv Jurel 51 off 25: 8 fours, 1 six. 112-run stand with Sooryavanshi for 2nd wicket Donovan Ferreira 33 off 16: Late push past 200SRH bowling: Eshan Malinga 2/38, Pat Cummins 1/27 on return. Cummins had best economy 6.75 on a flat track. Praful Hinge had made an eye-catching debut in the reverse fixture, taking a match-winning four-for that began with the wicket of Sooryavanshi. On this day, Sooryavanshi had his revenge. He faced five balls of Hinge in the first over of the match, after SRH had chosen to bowl. First a dot - a play and miss. And then 6, 6, 6, 6. Hinge began short and kept getting gradually fuller, and Sooryavanshi put everything away: a pull, a whip over backward square leg, and two clean, flowing hits down the ground. Target 229: Chased in 18.3 overs — 5-wicket win for SRH Ishan Kishan + Abhishek Sharma: Laid foundation, “outgun Sooryavanshi’s ton” per reports Result: Sooryavanshi’s century went in vain as SRH made 229 look easy Age 15: Sooryavanshi’s fearless approach — “I don’t have a plan for a first-ball six” — but still smashed 12 sixes Revenge arc: Was out for golden duck vs SRH’s Praful Hinge on April 13. Hit him for 25 in first over this game Cummins return: First game of IPL 2026 after back injury, but couldn’t stop RR The presence of two left-handers also meant RR went with the part-time offspin of Parag and Ferreira before either of their frontline spinners. By the time Ravi Bishnoi and Jadeja came on in the 11th and 12th overs, the match was nearly done, and they ended up bowling just an over each. Heinrich Klaasen (29 off 24) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (36 off 18) took SRH to the doorstep of their target before both fell late in the chase. Bottom line: Sooryavanshi’s 36-ball 103 lit up Jaipur and took RR to 228/6, but SRH chased 229 in 18.3 overs. Another night in IPL 2026 where even a 15-year-old’s record ton wasn’t safe — the bat is dominating like never before. Sunrisers Hyderabad 229 for 5 (Kishan 74, Abhishek 57, Archer 2-34) beat Rajasthan Royals 228 for 6 (Sooryavanshi 103, Jurel 51, Malinga 2-38) by five wickets