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Rajasthan Royals' Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and skipper Riyan Parag respond aft the team's decision against the Gujarat Titans successful the Indian Premier League 2026 Qualifier 2 lucifer astatine Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, successful New Chandigarh connected Friday. (ANI Photo)
Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag praised teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi aft the team’s IPL 2026 run ended with a seven-wicket decision against Gujarat Titans successful Qualifier 2. Despite the loss, Sooryavanshi erstwhile again impressed everyone with a superb 96 disconnected conscionable 47 balls successful Mullanpur connected Friday.The 15-year-old opener continued his fearless tally successful the tournament, taking isolated Gujarat’s experienced bowling onslaught with stunning strokeplay. Rajasthan had mislaid Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jurel early, but Sooryavanshi steadied the innings portion inactive maintaining an assertive approach.
Speaking aft the match, Parag could not fell his admiration for the youngster’s batting maturity."I can't enactment it into words, there's 1 mode wherever you slog and people galore runs.
But helium doesn't slog, you could spot his innings contiguous - helium calculates and plays his shots. I can't accidental how, but hopefully helium volition spell connected to bash good successful his career, bash good for the Rajasthan Royals and triumph america a 2nd title," helium said.Rajasthan Royals posted a beardown full of 214/6, boosted further by Ravindra Jadeja’s unbeaten 45 and Donovan Ferreira’s explosive 38 not retired disconnected conscionable 11 balls. Ferreira smashed Rashid Khan for 4 sixes successful the last implicit to propulsion the people beyond 200.
However, Gujarat Titans made the pursuit look comfy acknowledgment to a superb opening concern betwixt Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan. The brace added 167 runs successful conscionable 77 balls and wholly dominated Rajasthan’s bowling attack.Gill led from the beforehand with a classy 104 disconnected 53 balls, mixing elegant timing with assertive strokeplay. Sudharsan contributed a accelerated 58 earlier suffering different bizarre hit-wicket dismissal.The triumph sent Gujarat Titans into their 3rd IPL last since joining the tourney successful 2022. They volition present look defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru successful Ahmedabad connected Sunday.Even successful defeat, though, overmuch of the attraction remained connected Sooryavanshi, whose singular performances person made him 1 of the breakout stars of
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