Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s explosive innings changed history, shattering more than half a dozen records

Vaibhav Suryavanshi opened the innings for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2026 Eliminator and smashed a blistering 97 off just 29 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Batting for the team captained by Riyan Parag in the match played in New Chandigarh, Vaibhav smashed five fours and 12 towering sixes.

In this explosive innings played on Wednesday (May 27), Vaibhav missed his century by just three runs, but before being dismissed, he set several major records. His aggressive batting left the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers completely helpless. Vaibhav’s explosive batting was a force to be reckoned with from the start, giving Rajasthan Royals a solid start in this crucial knockout match.

List of records broken by Vaibhav Suryavanshi during his 97-run innings in the IPL 2026 Eliminator

1. Vaibhav became the first teenager in the world to score 600 runs in a T20 tournament. He needed 17 runs to reach this milestone in the Eliminator, and he achieved it on the second ball of the third over of the innings.
2. Vaibhav now tops the list of uncapped players with the most runs in a single IPL season. He needed 44 runs to surpass Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 626 runs for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2023. He now has 680 runs in 15 matches of IPL 2026.
3. Vaibhav took just 16 balls to reach his half-century against SRH on Wednesday. This half-century, scored in 16 balls, equaled Suresh Raina’s record for the fastest half-century in an IPL playoff/knockout match.
4. Vaibhav now leads the list of players with the most sixes in a single IPL season. He needed seven sixes on Wednesday to surpass Chris Gayle’s record of 59 sixes in IPL 2012, and he hit 12. He now has 65 sixes in IPL 2026, the most by any player in IPL history.
5. Vaibhav’s 65 sixes in IPL 2026 also makes him the player with the most sixes in any T20 tournament/series. No other batsman has ever achieved the feat of hitting 60 sixes in a single T20 tournament.
6. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has now become the first batsman in the world to hit 10 or more sixes in an innings three times in a single IPL season. He achieved this feat against Lucknow and Hyderabad with his explosive innings against Sunrisers Hyderabad.