Rajasthan Royals are playing against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Eliminator fixture on Wednesday, May 27 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. RR's teen sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi created havoc with his 97 runs off 29 balls.
Big feat for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
The 15-year-old opener managed to hit five fours and 12 massive sixes against the Pat Cummins-led side in a must-win game. With his 12 sixes, Vaibhav broke an old record of Chris Gayle in IPL. Vaibhav reached seven maximums, he broke Gayle's record of hitting most number of sixes in a single edition of the tournament.
In the 2012 season, Gayle smashed 59 sixes while playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Now, Sooryavanshi went past the mark, with 65 sixes in the ongoing edition of IPL. Interestingly, Vaibhav also became the first Indian player to hit 60 or more maximums in a single IPL season.
Here are other records broken by the rising young opener:
Most sixes in Overs 1-6 in an IPL innings
8 - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (RR) vs SRH, Jaipur, 2026 ELM*
7 - Sanath Jayasuriya (MI) vs CSK, Mumbai WS, 2008
7 - Jos Buttler (RR) vs DC, Delhi, 2018 (rain-shortened game)
7 - Jonny Bairstow (PBKS) vs RCB, Brabourne, 2022
7 - Abhishek Sharma (SRH) vs PBKS, Mullanpur, 2026
7 - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (RR) vs SRH, Jaipur, 2026
Most powerplay (1-6 overs) runs in an IPL season
490 - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (2026)*
467 - David Warner (2016)
402 - Travis Head (2024)
402 - Sai Sudharsan (2025)
382 - Adam Gilchrist (2009)
Most sixes in an innings in IPL knockouts/Playoffs
12 - V Sooryavanshi vs SRH, Jaipur, 2026*
10 - S Gill vs MI, Ahmedabad, 2023
9 - R Patidar vs GT, Dharamsala, 2026
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI):
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja
Rajasthan Royals Impact subs: Shubham Dubey, Sushant Mishra, Aman Rao Perala, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI):
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w), Heinrich Klaasen, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins(c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge
Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact subs: Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Liam Livingstone, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel