- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.2 Straight down long-off's throat. Jaiswal falls for a laborious 29 and SRH are crawling back. Floated outside off, he jumps down the track but gets too close to the pitch of the ball. Ends up skimming it to the right of Abhishek, who runs in and takes a good catch 137/27.6 Oh noooo, he's picked out the fielder! Praful Hings has the last laugh (or a quiet smile at this point). Pats on the back for Sooryavanshi from the SRH players, as he walks off, castigating himself despite playing one of the most memorable innings you will see. Looks to take on a short ball by slapping it down the ground but miscues it as it lobs up towards deep third, who runs in and completes the catch, ending an all-timer of an innings 125/113.5 Gets lot of height but not enough distance and Hinge has a second wicket. Pacy back of a length on off stump, Jurel pulls but doesn't generate a lot of power in his shot. The ball goes up and Reddy at deep square leg, completes a good catch 192/315.2 Doesn't have enough legs to clear long-on and Klaasen takes a comfortable catch. Length ball on off stump, Parag flat-bats to long-on but not off the middle of the bat. Klaasen goes reverse-cupped and makes no mistake 207/418.1 Ferreira goes for two... surely he is short? Yeah, he is. Fuller outside off, he squirts it to deep backward point where Shivang is slow onto the ball. Ferreira senses a chance and eyes a second, but Shivang's throw is flat and close to the stumps. Ferreira dives but is unable make his ground as Kishan whips off the bails in a flash 234/616.1 Very high but not long enough and Shanaka falls early. Length ball at 141kph on off stump, Shanaka stays leg side of the ball and looks to go across the line. The bat twists in his hands and he gets more height than distance and only as far Abhishek at long-on 214/518.6 Caught right on the boundary and Abhishek has taken a good catch. Or has he? The third umpire has been called to have look. Looked like a clean catch on first instance. Yep, it is. Low full toss on off stump, he gets it right off the cue-end of the bat but only as far as Abhishek at long-on, who catches and on realising he is close to the ropes, lobs the ball up and completes the catch 238/719.2 They are trying for two and Burger is run out. Why would they attempt a second run when the more established batter is at the non-striker's end? That is pretty poor cricket. Slower offcutter outside off, he pats this to deep point where Malinga fires a good throw. Burger is just short when Kishan whips off the bails 240/8Extras6 (b 2, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL243/8 (20 Overs, RR: 12.15)Fall of wickets: 1-125 (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 7.6 ov), 2-137 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 10.2 ov), 3-192 (Dhruv Jurel, 13.5 ov), 4-207 (Riyan Parag, 15.2 ov), 5-214 (Dasun Shanaka, 16.1 ov), 6-234 (Donovan Ferreira, 18.1 ov), 7-238 (Jofra Archer, 18.6 ov), 8-240 (Nandre Burger, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB PJ Cummins 4 0 64 0 16 3 4 5 1 0 E Malinga 4 0 40 1 10 9 6 1 1 0 Sakib Hussain 4 0 52 0 13 7 3 5 0 0 PP Hinge 4 0 54 3 13.5 9 5 4 1 1 Shivang Kumar 2 0 19 1 9.5 3 0 2 0 0 K Nitish Kumar Reddy 2 0 12 1 6 7 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 Oh, has he edged that down the leg side? Yes, it's given! Archer is away in celebration. Short down leg at 148.5kph, and Abhishek is cramped for room as he looks to flick it leg side. Gets a thin top edge and Jurel gobbles it up 0/14.4 Oh Archer you beauty! Knocks Travis Head over, and RR know they are almost there! Archer has been too fast for SRH today. 150kph, and slightly fuller, as Head again backs away, exposing his stumps. The ball crashes into top of off as Head is beaten completely. That's a third for Archer, who has been almost as good in the powerplay with the ball for RR as Sooryavanshi was with the bat. Alright, maybe I'm exaggerating, but you get the point 57/42.5 Oh no, Kishan's fun is over! Jofra Archer gets his revenge! It's a big wicket. Length ball angled across at 150kph, inviting Kishan to try and cut. He's beaten for pace as he throws the kitchen sink at that. The ball balloons off the toe end to cover for a simple catch. Jadeja will be relieved! 51/23.3 And SRH lose another! Smaran looks to take on this 140kph length ball and swing it down the ground, but doesn't quite time it. Goes high in the air and Archer backpedals from mid-on to take a good catch above his head 52/36.5 Oh, he's missed a reverse and he's hit in front of the stumps. Punja is convinced although the umpire isn't. RR review. That's pitched around middle on a length and it's spins towards what would have been Klaasen's off stump. But Klaasen shapes for the reverse-slog and misses. And ball-tracking shows the ball crashing into off-stump! That could well be the game, if it wasn't decided already! A big moment for young Yash Raj Punja, who has gotten SRH's spin-basher! 81/510.5 Slogged away but only as far as Shanaka at deep midwicket and Reddy's fun ends. Jadeja celebrates, RR celebrate... is that the game? Darted on a length at 99.9kph on off stump. Reddy wanted to deposit that over deep midwicket, but got it right off the toe-end of the bat and as far as Shanaka who ran in and took a good catch 137/614.4 That's that! Arora falls for 35 and Jadeja has another. Slows this up at 87kph and well outside off stump. Arora looks to go inside out over covers, but doesn't generate enough power. Deep extra cover is placed perfectly to complete the catch 163/811.1 Jofra can do no wrong this evening! After three wickets, he takes a lovely catch at long-on. Mishra cramps Cummins for room angling a back of a length ball into him on off. Cummins mistimes his pull to the right of Archer at long-on, who runs to his right, takes the catch and ensures he stays inside the field of play 139/719.2 Straight to short third and it is fitting that Sooryavanshi has a say in the final wicket of the game. Fuller outside off, he flashes at it, gets a thick outside edge that flies to Sooryavanshi who takes a good catch. RR win by 42 runs and will now face GT in qualifier 2. 196/1017.3 The safe hands of Jofra Archer end Malinga's resistance. Back of a length ball outside off, he looks to go downtown by backing away. Ends up spooning this straight and Archer at mid-off back-pedals and does the rest 187/9Extras16 (nb 1, w 15)TOTAL196 all out (19.2 Overs, RR: 10.13)Did not bat: PP HingeFall of wickets: 1-0 (Abhishek Sharma, 0.2 ov), 2-51 (Ishan Kishan, 2.5 ov), 3-52 (Ravichandran Smaran, 3.3 ov), 4-57 (Travis Head, 4.4 ov), 5-81 (Heinrich Klaasen, 6.5 ov), 6-137 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 10.5 ov), 7-139 (Pat Cummins, 11.1 ov), 8-163 (Salil Arora, 14.4 ov), 9-187 (Eshan Malinga, 17.3 ov), 10-196 (Shivang Kumar, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JC Archer 4 0 58 3 14.5 8 8 3 1 0 N Burger 3 0 26 2 8.66 10 2 1 2 0 Brijesh Sharma 3 0 31 0 10.33 5 3 1 1 1 Yash Raj Punja 4 0 39 1 9.75 6 1 3 2 0 SS Mishra 2.2 0 21 2 9 5 2 0 3 0 RA Jadeja 3 0 21 2 7 5 0 1 2 0
Match Details
Toss
Sunrisers Hyderabad , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Rajasthan Royals advanced
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45
Match days
27 May 2026 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 80 runs, 0 wicket)
- Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Subs: Sushant Mishra, Aman Rao, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande and Shubham Dubey
- Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Player Subs: Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Liam Livingstone, Harshal Patel and Aniket Verma
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 3.2 overs (20 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 20 balls (YBK Jaiswal 8, V Sooryavanshi 42, Ex 1)
- V Sooryavanshi: 50 off 16 balls (1 x 4, 8 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 80/0 in 6.0 overs (YBK Jaiswal 19, V Sooryavanshi 60)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 44 balls (YBK Jaiswal 25, V Sooryavanshi 77, Ex 1)
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 10.6 overs (67 balls), Extras 3
- DC Jurel: 50 off 20 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 20 balls (DC Jurel 42, R Parag 12, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 192/3 in 14.0 overs (R Parag 12, D Ferreira 0)
- Over 13.6: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Batting), Decision Challenged - NoBall, Umpire - UV Gandhe, Batter - D Ferreira (Struck down)
- Rajasthan Royals: 200 runs in 14.4 overs (89 balls), Extras 4
- Sunrisers Hyderabad impact Player Sub: Salil Arora in for Praful Hinge (Rajasthan Royals innings, 15.6 ov)
- Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Sub: Sushant Mishra in for Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals innings, 19.2 ov)
- Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 243/8 in 20.0 overs (RA Jadeja 12, SS Mishra 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 71 runs, 4 wickets)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 50 runs in 2.4 overs (16 balls), Extras 5
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 14 balls (TM Head 13, Ishan Kishan 33, Ex 5)
- Over 6.5: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - UV Gandhe, Batter - H Klaasen (Upheld)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 100 runs in 8.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 7
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Hyderabad - 114/5 in 9.0 overs (K Nitish Kumar Reddy 34, S Arora 4)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 18 balls (K Nitish Kumar Reddy 30, S Arora 19, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Hyderabad - 148/7 in 13.0 overs (S Arora 26, Shivang Kumar 4)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 150 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 11
- Over 18.4: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - NoBall, Umpire - UV Gandhe, Batter - Shivang Kumar (Struck down)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsSooryavanshi smashes his way to the top of IPL 2026 Orange Cap table
Jofra Archer, meanwhile, picked up three wickets for the second game running, and is only two behind Purple Cap leaders Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kagiso Rabada
A powerplay bash, Jofra Archer style
Jofra Archer produced a big spell with the new ball to blast out SRH's big three to ensure Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's magical 29-ball 97 went in a winning cause for Rajasthan Royals
How lucky are we to live in the age of Sooryavanshi
A 15-year old prodigy is making us sit down and watch him push the boundaries of what is possible in cricket
Cummins: 'You don't feel like you have too many options against Sooryavanshi'
Sooryavanshi smoked a 29-ball 97 to knock SRH out in the IPL 2026 Eliminator
Sooryavanshi's 97 off 29 knocks SRH out
Jofra Archer's three early wickets seal Rajasthan Royals' progress into Qualifier 2 to face Gujarat Titans




