Na IPL 2026 playoffs, one boy wey be 15 years old don dey show say e get muscle. For every knockout match, every big moment, Vaibhav Suryavanshi don show up.
Qualifier 2, wey get one spot for final, na serious matter. Yashasvi Jaiswal don go for just 1 run off 2 balls, before Suryavanshi even settle. So the young pikin don hold the innings together, while e dey keep scoreboard moving.
E don go hard for Gujarat Titans bowlers from the start, even as wickets dey fall around am. Na at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium for New Chandigarh, with Gujarat yet to bat. Prasidh Krishna don take the catch, and Rajasthan Royals don reach 172 at that point.
Jason Holder na the tidiest bowler for GT, e finish with 2/27 for four overs. Mohammed Siraj don concede 42 runs for im four overs, wey dey show how Suryavanshi treat pace from beginning.
This na the second time for this playoff run wey e fall for 90s. For Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad, e score 97 off just 29 balls, after e go after Praful Hinge with uppercut over third man, but e top-edge am to fielder wey dive forward for deep third.
That knock don put am near Chris Gayle record for fastest IPL century, wey stand at 30 balls. E fall three short there, and now four short here. Two playoff games, two near-centuries, and Rajasthan dey hunt both times.
Gujarat Titans top three of Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, and Jos Buttler don carry dem all season. For this match chase, dem go ask the same group all over again. Suryavanshi 96 don give Rajasthan something to defend. The hundred fit wait, but the runs on board na wetin matter tonight.
