Rajasthan Royals (RR) young sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was the star of his team’s big win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on April 10 in Guwahati in the ongoing IPL 2026.
Riyan Parag, the RR captain, asked RCB to bat first. Jofra Archer dismissed Phil Salt with the opening ball of the match, while Virat Kohli scored 32 runs. Rajat Patidar scored 63 to provide some relief for the struggling RCB team, which was reduced to 94/6 in 11 overs.
Venkatesh Iyer (29*) and Romario Shepherd (22) guided RCB to 201/8 in 20 overs. Archer, Ravi Bishnoi, and Brijesh Sharma each claimed two wickets for RR.
In response, RR lost Yashasvi Jaiswal early for 13 runs, but Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed the RCB bowlers willingly. He shared 108 runs for the second wicket with Dhruv Jurel, scoring 78 in 26 balls with 8 fours and 7 sixes.
RR reached the mark in 18 overs and won by 6 wickets thanks to Dhruv Jurel's unbroken 81* with 8 fours and 3 sixes and Ravindra Jadeja's 24*. Sooryavanshi was named the Player of the Match for his scintillating knock.
After the match, Sooryavanshi and RCB captain Rajat Patidar shared a hilarious moment, and the video of the same went viral on social media.
Patidar approached Vaibhav when he was chatting with Jitesh Sharma of the RCB and jokingly grabbed him by the neck. Both cricket players laughed as the moment came to a close, and the exchange has already won hearts on social media.
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Sooryavanshi received huge praise from Patidar in the post-match presentation as he talked about the youngster’s batting.
“Everyone would have loved seeing Vaibhav bat. The way Vaibhav and Yashasvi bat, it feels like the wicket isn't doing much. The way we started in the powerplay, we lost wickets; getting to 200+ was a positive sign for us. In the same way, their batters, especially Vaibhav, made the difference. I think the way we are batting in the last matches is brilliant. There are a lot of learnings from this game,” Patidar said.
Sooryavanshi has scored 200 runs in 4 games with a strike rate of 266.66 with two fifties to his name thus far in IPL 2026.
