In Qualifier-2, Rajasthan Royals batted first and scored 214 runs. If Gujarat Titans want to reach the finals, they will have to make their biggest run chase in the history of IPL. Vaibhav Suryavanshi could not score a century, but destroyed many historical records. Vaibhav scored 96 runs.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi remained at the crease till the 18th over and scored 96 runs in 47 balls. In this steady innings, Vaibhav hit 8 fours and 7 sixes. Apart from him, Ravindra Jadeja scored 45 runs. In the last overs, Donovan Ferreira played a stormy innings of 38 runs in 11 balls.
Gujarat will have to do the biggest run chase
If Gujarat Titans want to defeat Rajasthan Royals and reach the final of IPL 2026, then they will have to chase their biggest run. Till now, the biggest run chase made by Gujarat team in IPL is 204 runs, which it achieved against Delhi Capitals.
Gujarat’s bowlers took 2 wickets at the score of 9 by dismissing Yarshaswi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jurel early. Mohammad Siraj and Kagiso Rabada, while bowling on tight line and length, did not give even Vaibhav Suryavanshi a chance to open his hands.
82 runs scored in 5 overs
The real storm came after the 15th over. In 15 overs, Rajasthan had scored 138 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. Vaibhav Suryavanshi started creating havoc, meanwhile he also became the first batsman to hit 70 or more sixes in a season of IPL. A total of 82 runs were scored in the last 5 overs. The biggest contribution in this was from Donovan Ferreira, who scored 27 runs and hit 4 sixes in the last over of Rashid Khan.
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Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored the fastest 1000 runs in IPL history, beating many legends including Tendulkar.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi created history, became the first player to do so in IPL; Big giants left behind

