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Match 72 of the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, which was an eliminator between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Maharaja Yadvendra Singh PCA Stadium, New Chandigarh. It was one-way traffic for the Royals as they defeated Pat Cummins’s forces by 47 runs to qualify for Qualifier 2.
Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to field first, making one change, bringing in Prafulla Hinz in place of Harshal Patel. Rajasthan Royals have also made a change and Ravindra Jadeja has come into the team in place of Shubham Dubey. It was a knockout game as the loser is eliminated, and the winner, RR, will play against Gujarat Titans (GT).
Vaibhav Suryavanshi Show in New Chandigarh
After being asked to bat first, Vaibhav Suryavanshi went berserk and smashed the Orange Army bowlers all over the park. He and his opening partner Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 80/0 in the power play. The former player was the aggressive one of the two, as he scored his half-century in 16 balls and broke several records in his innings of 97 runs off 29 balls.
Before Vaibhav was out, both of them made a partnership of 125 runs, Jaiswal was also out soon on 29 runs and then Dhruv Jurel returned after scoring his half-century. Riyan Parag came back after playing a short innings of 26 runs in 11 balls. Royals missed out by 20 runs after falling wickets in quick succession; They scored 36/5 runs in the last five overs. As RR finished with the score 243/8.
SRH batsmen could never chase the target
While chasing, SRH had the worst start as Abhishek Sharma was out for a duck in the very first over. After this, Ishan Kishan hit at a fast pace but could not convert his start into a big score and returned after scoring 33 runs in 11 balls. Travis Head was out after scoring 17 runs. Within 10 overs, half the team was back in the dugout.
Then Nitish Kumar Reddy and Salil Arora made a partnership of 56(24), but it was broken after the latter was out after scoring 38 runs in 20 balls. Pat Cummins was out for a run soon after. They were out on the score of 196 runs as Shivang Kumar was the last man out on 27 runs.
It was a very good team- Pat Cummins
After the defeat, Pat Cummins said, “He (Suryavanshi) played very well. It was a really good pitch. It was a very good wicket at the end too. It was a very good team. Young players, we were one of the youngest teams to make the playoffs.”
Pat Cummins concluded, “As a captain it’s great to see. A few things need to go right while chasing 240. We lost too many wickets at the wrong time. We were just one step away from finishing in the top two. Can’t ask for more than that.”
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