Rajasthan Royals’ teenage sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi continued his sensational run within the Indian Premier League with a 15-ball fifty towards defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Suryavanshi, 15, whacked eight fours and 7 sixes in a exceptional show of power-hitting earlier than he fell for 78 from 26 balls to arrange Royals’ profitable chase of 202 with two overs to spare.
RCB’s bowling assault was boosted by the return of Australia star Josh Hazlewood, making his first look of the match due to an harm, however he and India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been handled with disdain by the teenager in a brutal partnership of 108 from 37 balls with quantity three Dhruv Jurel.
The pair dominated the powerplay ruthlessly, reaching 97-1, with Suryavanshi reaching his fifty with a six.
It was the joint third-fastest IPL fifty in historical past and it was the second time he has achieved that feat on this 12 months’s match, having additionally finished so towards Chennai Tremendous Kings on 30 March.
He’s but to be capped by India at worldwide stage, however is now the match’s main run-scorer with 200 runs in 4 innings at an unimaginable strike-rate of 266.6.
After Suryavanshi was dismissed by spinner Krunal Pandya, the Royals slipped from 129-1 to 134-4, however Jurel expertly managed the rest of the chase with a mature innings of 81 not out from 43 balls.
