Pat Cummins Praises Sooryavanshi’s Fearless Approach

The 15-year-old doesn’t give bowlers many alternatives, according to SRH captain Pat Cummins, who opened the bowling and took the brunt of Sooryavanshi’s powerful batting. In the IPL 2026, Sooryavanshi destroyed SRH with a 29-ball 97. The IPL 2026 was illuminated by eliminator Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Rajasthan Royals (RR) advanced to Qualifier 2 with an incredible 29-ball 97 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh.

Thirty-one of Sooryavanshi’s 97 runs that evening came from Pat Cummins, who began the game with two yorkers against Sooryavanshi, the first of which he defended before squeezing one out for a single. Sooryavanshi hit his maiden six by lofting the ball down the ground after Pat Cummins missed his yorker and Sooryavanshi was back on strike one ball later. “Yeah, he played pretty well,” Sooryavanshi said after going 4, 6, 6, and 6 against Cummins in his subsequent over with a wide in between. “It’s a pretty good pitch, of course, but the margins are so little, you know. He doesn’t usually miss them, but you miss your yorker a little. Fair play, then.

After the game, Pat Cummins remarked, “You don’t feel like you have too many options.”

According to Jofra Archer, Sooryavanshi can score significant hundreds even in Twenty20 cricket. “It was so thrilling. We have to defend more runs as he scores more, allowing him to reach 150. When he scores a lot of runs, it’s beneficial for the boys,” Archer remarked.

“That’s the thing we don’t have any conversations,” RR captain Riyan Parag stated during the post-match presentation, implying that Sooryavanshi’s teammates or coaches don’t need to speak with the young player very often. “Yeah, just let him go and enjoy himself. As I’ve mentioned previously, he enjoys batting, so we give him plenty cricket practice at the nets and other locations before he goes out and does his thing.”

After Sooryavanshi’s knock helped RR record 243 for 8, Archer’s three early goals helped them hold SRH to 196, setting up a matchup with Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2. Additionally, that game will take place at New Chandigarh, where RR has won four straight games.