Sooryavanshi overtakes Kohli, KL Rahul in Orange Cap race after sensational ton

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Rajasthan Royals' Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (AP Photo)

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continues to heap up records astatine a staggering gait successful IPL 2026, with the teenage sensation rewriting milestones astir each crippled and present climbing to the precise apical of the Orange Cap race.Sooryavanshi’s stunning emergence reached different landmark arsenic helium surged to the apical of the Orange Cap standings, overtaking Virat Kohli aft yet different explosive 100 for Rajasthan Royals.

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Sooryavanshi present has 357 runs from 8 matches astatine an mean of 44.63 and a staggering onslaught complaint of 234.87. Interestingly, KL Rahul besides moved to 357 runs pursuing his unbeaten 152 against Punjab Kings. However, it is Sooryavanshi who sits astatine the apical owed to his superior onslaught rate.

Kohli, who had led the charts earlier, has 328 runs astatine an mean of 54.67 and a onslaught complaint of 163.18.The latest surge came done a breathtaking innings against Sunrisers Hyderabad, wherever Sooryavanshi hammered a 37-ball 103, his 2nd IPL hundred. The 15-year-old dominated from the outset and acceptable the code early, adjacent taking connected Praful Hinge with 4 consecutive sixes successful the opening implicit arsenic a connection of intent.

He recovered beardown enactment successful Dhruv Jurel, who compiled a fluent half-century, and unneurotic they stitched a 112-run basal for the 2nd wicket that laid the instauration for a monolithic total. Jurel’s composed 51 disconnected 35 balls ensured the unit ne'er dipped, portion Sooryavanshi continued to dismantle the bowling onslaught with fearless strokeplay.The youngster brought up his half-century successful conscionable 15 balls during the powerplay, continuing a singular inclination this season. He aboriginal converted it into a period successful conscionable 36 balls, peppering the bound with 5 fours and 12 sixes earlier being dismissed for 103 disconnected 37 deliveries.Late fireworks from Donovan Ferreira added further momentum arsenic Rajasthan Royals finished with a commanding 228 for 6 successful their 20 overs.