Rajasthan Royals (RR) And Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) produced one of the most explosive matches of ipl 2026 SRH achieved the huge target of 229 runs with five wickets in hand at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. Despite the young star’s sensational century Vaibhav SuryavanshiRajasthan failed to defend its clan Ishan Kishan And Abhishek Sharma Gave Hyderabad a spectacular victory in just 18.3 overs.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi lit up Jaipur with a breathtaking century.
Rajasthan Royals had a mixed start after being invited to bat first. Yashasvi Jaiswal Was out early after scoring just 10 runs on 8 balls. However, this was followed by a breathtaking display of power-hitting from Suryavanshi, which completely changed the momentum of the innings.
The young player played a sensational inning of 103 runs in just 37 balls with the help of 5 fours and an incredible 12 sixes. His fearless strokeplay forced the Sunrisers bowlers to look for answers and gave Rajasthan complete control of the innings.
Dhruv Jurel He played an excellent supporting role of 51 runs in 35 balls including 8 fours and one six. The pair first built a strong platform Donovan Ferreira He created fireworks, albeit late, by playing a quick inning of 33 runs in just 16 balls with the help of 33 fours and 3 sixes. Rajasthan eventually scored a mammoth 228/6 in their 20 overs, which was more than competitive on the Jaipur surface.
For Sunrisers Hyderabad, Ishaan Malinga At the same time, he was the most effective bowler by taking 2 wickets for 38 runs. pat cummins Impressed by his control, he conceded only 27 runs in his four overs and took one wicket.
Sunrisers Hyderabad responded with fearless intentions
In response, Sunrisers Hyderabad came with clear attacking intentions. Although travis head Abhishek ensured there was no slump after being dismissed early for just 6 runs. He immediately put pressure on the Royals bowlers and scored 57 runs in 29 balls with the help of 11 fours and one six. After this, Kishan took charge of the target by playing a brilliant inning of 74 runs in just 31 balls. His innings was full of brilliant strokeplay and tremendous power as he hit 11 fours and 3 sixes. His partnership with Abhishek completely turned the game in Hyderabad’s favour.
Even after both sets of batsmen were out, heinrich classen While kept things under control by scoring 29 runs out of 24. Nitish Kumar Reddy Played the role of finisher brilliantly and scored 36 runs in 18 balls with the help of 3 sixes. After this, Salil Arora gave the final blow to the team by playing an unbeaten inning of 8 runs in 3 balls and SRH crossed the score of 229/5 in 18.3 overs.
jofra archer The player, who performed exceptionally with the ball for Rajasthan, took 2 wickets for 34 runs and gave hope to his team for some time. Brijesh Sharma also took two wickets, but the rest of the bowling attack struggled badly under pressure.
Nandre Berger, Tushar DeshpandeAnd Ravindra Jadeja Were unable to stop the flow of runs as Hyderabad’s aggressive batting lineup continued to attack from start to finish. In the end, it was a painful defeat for Rajasthan Royals, especially after Suryavanshi’s extraordinary century.
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Here’s how fans reacted:
SRH won the match by bowling the last few overs. No hassle in chasing anything. Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy made the target of 229 runs easy.
– Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) 25 April 2026
Ishaan Kishan is the one whom Tilak Verma was dreaming of.
India’s best number 3 batsman at the moment. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/K12i3BpBtv
-Soman. (@shreyasian96) 25 April 2026
Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma, terrific hitting and they have finished the game 🎯, this day will definitely be known for poor fielding, both day game and night game! RR are confused! #RRvsSRH #IPL2026pic.twitter.com/eZ5vOH7zpr
– Cricket IQ (@S17Anurag) 25 April 2026
Fifty for Ishan Kishan in 24 balls.
– What an innings by Ishan Kishan in the big run chase.🥶 pic.twitter.com/geuWeaGq7h
– Maina Singh (@Maina_Singhx77) 25 April 2026
Ishan Kishan was out after scoring 74 runs in just 31 balls, he was on fire today.#TATAIPL | #khelbindaas | #RRvSRHpic.twitter.com/PCcdiepjXd
– CricketPulse (@Saadkani24599) 25 April 2026
Ishan Kishan scored 74 runs in just 31 balls against RR today
Fours: 11 Sixes: 3 SR: 239#ishaankishan pic.twitter.com/afXj0Q3HOD
– Ayush Cricket (@AyushCricket32) 25 April 2026
Harbhajan Singh is not tired of praising the talent of Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
If Suryavanshi can hit sixes off bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins, shouldn’t he be selected for India’s white-ball team? pic.twitter.com/fq8YC0kgVd
– Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) 25 April 2026
Is Vaibhav Suryavanshi also a human being? His 100 came in 36 balls, which interestingly is one ball slower than his 100 last year!
For a moment I thought he would score 200 but…#RRvsSRH #IPL2026 pic.twitter.com/2R0mpriMEn– Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) 25 April 2026
This is not one or two but the third fifty of Abhishek Sharma #IPL Season 🔥🥵 Consistency Redefined 💯 #RRvsSRH pic.twitter.com/dZEsteppum https://t.co/1fDeEwHzHR
– Aware Indian (@Aware_India7) 25 April 2026
We are beginning to think that Vaibhav Suryavanshi is not a very lucky kid!
– Iceland Cricket (@icelandcricket) 25 April 2026
What a day off from the IPL! 🫣🫣. Surely this will be the highest scoring day in the history of IPL.
– Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) 25 April 2026
Great win for SRH in Jaipur 🙌👏motiv#RRvsSRH #IPL2026 #crickettwitter pic.twitter.com/VGm8v7BakH
– CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) 25 April 2026
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