- By Talibuddin Khan
- Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:55 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
RCB vs RR IPL 2026: Rajasthan Royals clinched their fourth consecutive win of the season on Friday, defeating defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 6 wickets at the Barsapara stadium in Guwahati. The highlight of the match was 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who smashed RCB bowlers with utmost ease and hit 78 runs off just 26 deliveries, including 7 sixes and 8 fours.
Sooryavanshi completed his fifty in 15 balls, matching his own record of fastest fifty in IPL 2026. His innings against RCB came at a strike rate of 300, with the young sensation hitting 78 runs off just 26 balls. Earlier last week, Sooryavanshi slammed a half-century in just 15 balls against CSK, and finished his innings at 52 off just 17 balls at a strike rate of 305+.
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With those innings, the 15-year-old prodigy has scripted a unique record in IPL. Sooryavanshi has become the only batter in the history of IPL to score multiple fifty-plus scores at a strike rate of 300 or more after the completion of the innings (whether out or not out). Overall, seven batters have scored fifty-plus scores at a strike rate of 300, but none has repeated the feat.
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Apart from this unique record, Sooryavanshi is also the youngest batter in T20 cricket, played globally, to score multiple fifties at a strike rate of 300+ in a completed inning. Sooryavanshi slammed a half-century at a strike rate of 300 when he was 14 years old for India A last year. Then, in the Rajasthan Royals' opening game against CSK, he scored a 50 at that strike rate at 15 years of age. He achieved the feat again against Bengaluru on Friday.
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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi proved one can better the best by playing another astonishing innings -- a 26-ball 78 with seven sixes -- to set up an easy six-wicket victory for Rajasthan Royals against defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL here on Friday.
While most 15-year-olds across the country were sweating over their 10th board exams results, this teenager from Bihar's Samastipur spent the evening hitting a 15-ball fifty as a victory target of 202 was achieved by the Royals in just 18 overs.
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Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls), enjoying his best IPL season with the willow, played a number of graceful shots, but when Sooryavanshi is on song, everyone else is compelled to become a bridesmaid or a bystander, getting a first-hand dosage of what brilliance looks like.