SRH Beat RR by 5 Wickets — Sooryavanshi 103(37) 3rd Fastest IPL Century Goes in Vain | Ishan Kishan 74(31) | Pat Cummins Returns | IPL 2026 Match 36 Full Scorecard
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<div class="tick-item">🏆 SRH WIN by 5 Wkts · <span>229/5 in 18.3 ov</span></div>
<div class="tick-item">💯 Sooryavanshi <span>103 off 37 balls</span> · 3rd Fastest IPL Century · 12 Sixes</div>
<div class="tick-item">🔥 Ishan Kishan <span>74 off 31 balls</span> · SR 238.71</div>
<div class="tick-item">⚡ Abhishek Sharma <span>57 off 29 balls</span> · 11 Fours</div>
<div class="tick-item">🏏 Pat Cummins <span>Returns</span> · 1/27 (4 ov) · Econ 6.75</div>
<div class="tick-item">🎯 Kishan + Abhishek · <span>132-run stand</span> in 55 balls</div>
<div class="tick-item">📊 SRH: <span>4th Win in a row</span> · 10 pts · 3rd place</div>
<div class="tick-item">🏆 SRH WIN by 5 Wkts · <span>229/5 in 18.3 ov</span></div>
<div class="tick-item">💯 Sooryavanshi <span>103 off 37 balls</span> · 3rd Fastest IPL Century · 12 Sixes</div>
<div class="tick-item">🔥 Ishan Kishan <span>74 off 31 balls</span> · SR 238.71</div>
<div class="tick-item">⚡ Abhishek Sharma <span>57 off 29 balls</span> · 11 Fours</div>
<div class="tick-item">🏏 Pat Cummins <span>Returns</span> · 1/27 (4 ov) · Econ 6.75</div>
<div class="tick-item">🎯 Kishan + Abhishek · <span>132-run stand</span> in 55 balls</div>
<div class="tick-item">📊 SRH: <span>4th Win in a row</span> · 10 pts · 3rd place</div>
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<div class="eye">⚡ IPL 2026 · Match 36 · Official Result · April 25, 2026</div>
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<div class="abbr rr">RR</div>
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<div class="tscore rr-s">228 / 6 (20 ov)</div>
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<div class="res-pill">🏆 SRH WON by 5 Wickets</div>
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<strong>Sawai Mansingh Stadium · Jaipur</strong>
Toss: SRH won — elected to bowl · RR's first Jaipur home game
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<div class="tscore srh-s">229 / 5 (18.3 ov)</div>
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<div class="sp">📅 <strong>Sat, 25 April 2026 · 7:30 PM IST</strong></div>
<div class="sp">🏟️ <strong>Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur</strong></div>
<div class="sp">⭐ <strong>MOTM: Ishan Kishan — 74 (31)</strong></div>
<div class="sp">💯 <strong>Sooryavanshi 103(37) — 3rd Fastest IPL 💯</strong></div>
<div class="sp">🏏 <strong>Pat Cummins Returns — 1/27 · SRH's 4th straight win</strong></div>
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<div class="cr-sub">SRH captain won the toss (SRH's first toss win this season — Kishan had lost all 7 previous), chose to bowl, and took 1/27 in 4 overs at an economy of 6.75 — the most economical bowler on either side. Including one inch-perfect yorker that bowled Riyan Parag for 7. The king is back.</div>
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<h1 class="headline"><span class="hs">SRH Blitz Again</span> — Kishan & Abhishek<br>Swamp <span class="hr">Sooryavanshi's Superb Ton</span></h1>
<p class="deck">In Jaipur's first home IPL fixture of the season, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi produced the 3rd fastest century in IPL history — 103 off 37 balls, 12 sixes, sheer seventeen-year-old brilliance. And then Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma made it look ordinary. A 132-run second-wicket partnership in 55 balls. Cummins at the start and end. SRH win their fourth match in a row.</p>
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<strong>Result:</strong> SRH won by 5 wickets • <strong>Scores:</strong> RR 228/6 (20 ov) — SRH 229/5 (18.3 ov) • <strong>Venue:</strong> Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur • <strong>MOTM:</strong> Ishan Kishan (74 off 31 balls, SR 238.71) • <strong>Match:</strong> No. 36, IPL 2026
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<div class="meta"><span>By <b>Senior Cricket Correspondent</b></span><span><b>April 25, 2026</b> — Post-Match Report</span><span>📍 Jaipur, Rajasthan</span></div>
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<p class="img-cap">Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur — Rajasthan Royals' first home game of IPL 2026 in Jaipur. The pink city crowd saw a 15-year-old legend score 103 off 37 and still end up on the losing side.</p>
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<div class="sh"><span class="sn">01</span><h2 class="st">The Century — 3rd Fastest in IPL History</h2><span class="sl"></span></div>
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<div class="cc-badge">🏏 IPL 2026 · Match 36 · Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur</div>
<div class="cc-name">Vaibhav Sooryavanshi</div>
<div class="cc-sub"><span class="tag t-rr">RR</span> Rajasthan Royals · 15 Years Old · Jaipur Home Debut</div>
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<div class="cc-stat"><div class="cc-num">103</div><div class="cc-key">Runs Scored</div></div>
<div class="cc-stat"><div class="cc-num">37</div><div class="cc-key">Balls Faced</div></div>
<div class="cc-stat"><div class="cc-num">12</div><div class="cc-key">Sixes</div></div>
<div class="cc-stat"><div class="cc-num">5</div><div class="cc-key">Fours</div></div>
<div class="cc-stat"><div class="cc-num">278</div><div class="cc-key">Strike Rate</div></div>
<div class="cc-stat"><div class="cc-num">36</div><div class="cc-key">Balls to Reach 💯</div></div>
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<strong>🏆 Fastest IPL Centuries by Balls:</strong><br>
1. KL Rahul — 32 balls (2025) | 2. Rony Talati — 32 balls (2008)<br>
<strong>3. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi — 36 balls (IPL 2026, Match 36) ← Tonight</strong><br>
Also: His previous 100 in LSG vs RR match this season was already 4th fastest. He now holds 2nd AND 3rd fastest IPL centuries. Both scored in IPL 2026. He is 15 years old.
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<p>The first over set the tone. Praful Hinge — who had dismissed Sooryavanshi for a duck in the reverse fixture twelve days ago — bowled the opening over of the match. Sooryavanshi faced five of those six balls: dot, SIX, SIX, SIX, SIX. Four sixes off four consecutive balls. <strong>25 runs off the first over. The stadium erupted.</strong> Hinge's humiliation was complete.</p>
<p>What followed was one of the most extraordinary batting performances in IPL history. Sooryavanshi hit a six every third ball of his innings. He dispatched Cummins with equal disdain, launching his first ball from the returning Ashes captain for a straight six. He brought up his fifty in 22 balls. His century came off 36 balls — the third fastest in IPL history. By the time Sakib Hussain's slower ball finally ended his innings (lbw for 103 in the 14th over), <strong>Sooryavanshi had hit 12 sixes and 5 fours.</strong> He walked off to a standing ovation from the entire Sawai Mansingh Stadium crowd — home and away supporters alike.</p>
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<div class="sh"><span class="sn">02</span><h2 class="st">RR Innings — 228 / 6 (20 Overs)</h2><span class="sl"></span></div>
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<tr><td>Yashasvi Jaiswal</td><td>c Klaasen b Malinga</td><td>10</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>125.00</td></tr>
<tr class="rr-row"><td><strong>Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ★ (3rd Fastest IPL 💯)</strong></td><td>lbw b Sakib Hussain</td><td><strong>103</strong></td><td><strong>37</strong></td><td>5</td><td><strong>12</strong></td><td><strong>278.38</strong></td></tr>
<tr class="str"><td><strong>Dhruv Jurel (wk) ★</strong></td><td>c (sub) b Nitish Reddy</td><td>51</td><td>35</td><td>8</td><td>1</td><td>145.71</td></tr>
<tr><td>Riyan Parag (c)</td><td>b Cummins</td><td>7</td><td>9</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>77.78</td></tr>
<tr class="str"><td><strong>Donovan Ferreira ★</strong></td><td>c Klaasen b Malinga</td><td>33</td><td>16</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>206.25</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shimron Hetmyer</td><td>c Nitish b Hinge</td><td>11</td><td>10</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>110.00</td></tr>
<tr class="notout"><td>Ravindra Jadeja (not out)</td><td>—</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>133.33</td></tr>
<tr class="notout"><td>Jofra Archer (not out)</td><td>—</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>100.00</td></tr>
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<strong>Extras:</strong> 7 (w 6, lb 1) | <strong>Total:</strong> 228/6 in 20 overs | <strong>Run Rate:</strong> 11.40 | <strong>Sixes:</strong> 16 | <strong>Fours:</strong> 20
<br><strong>Key Partnership:</strong> Sooryavanshi & Jurel — <strong>112 runs off 62 balls</strong> (2nd Wkt, overs 2.3–12.4)
<br><strong>FOW:</strong> 40-1 (Jaiswal, 2.2) · 152-2 (Sooryavanshi, 13.5) · 170-3 (Jurel, 12.4 — played out of order) · 191-4 (Parag, 16.1) · 214-5 (Ferreira, 18.4) · 225-6 (Hetmyer, 19.3)
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<tr class="srh-row"><td><strong>Pat Cummins ★ (Return match)</strong></td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>27</td><td>1</td><td><strong>6.75</strong></td></tr>
<tr><td>Eshan Malinga</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>38</td><td>2</td><td>9.50</td></tr>
<tr><td>Praful Hinge</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>49</td><td>1</td><td>12.25</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sakib Hussain</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>62</td><td>1</td><td>15.50</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nitish Kumar Reddy</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>20</td><td>1</td><td>10.00</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shivang Kumar</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>31</td><td>0</td><td>15.50</td></tr>
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<strong>🎯 Pat Cummins's Return — By the Numbers:</strong> 4 overs, 1 wicket (Riyan Parag — yorked for 7), 27 runs, economy 6.75. He was SRH's most economical bowler by a distance on a flat Jaipur surface where Sakib Hussain leaked 15.50 an over. Including a run in the 8th over that cost just 3 runs from 6 balls — a dot-ball masterclass of controlled yorkers and cutters that stifled RR mid-innings. The rust was minimal. The impact was immediate.
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<figcaption>Pat Cummins — back in orange. First game since Ashes (Dec 2025). Won the toss (SRH's first toss win of season), bowled 4 overs at economy 6.75, took 1 wicket, and led SRH to their 4th consecutive win.</figcaption>
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<div class="sh"><span class="sn">03</span><h2 class="st">SRH Chase — 229 / 5 (18.3 Overs)</h2><span class="sl"></span></div>
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<p>SRH needed 229. At the innings break, with the context of PBKS having chased 265 just hours earlier in Delhi, 228 felt eminently chaseable. Travis Head fell first ball to a Jofra Archer jaffa that squared him up (6 off 5, caught behind). But then <strong>Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan — two left-handers — turned Jaipur into their personal batting range.</strong></p>
<p>RR went with the part-time off-spin of Parag and Ferreira against the two lefties before bringing in their frontline spinners Bishnoi (11th over) and Jadeja (12th). By then, the damage was done. <strong>Abhishek (57 off 29, 11 fours, 1 six) and Kishan (74 off 31, 11 fours, 3 sixes) put on 132 off just 55 balls</strong> — the fastest 100+ partnership in this match — and when Kishan fell caught off Donovan Ferreira in the 10th over, SRH needed just 90 off 60 balls at 9 an over. <strong>The match was done.</strong></p>
<p>Nitish Kumar Reddy (36 off 18, 3 sixes) and Klaasen (29 off 24) got SRH to the doorstep before both fell late. Aniket Verma (1 off 1) and Salil Arora (8 off 3, incl. one six) sealed the win in the 19th over. SRH home with 9 balls to spare. <strong>Four wins in a row. Pat Cummins' return: perfect.</strong></p>
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<tr><td>Travis Head</td><td>c Jurel b Archer</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>120.00</td></tr>
<tr class="srh-row"><td><strong>Abhishek Sharma ★</strong></td><td>c Archer b Ferreira</td><td><strong>57</strong></td><td><strong>29</strong></td><td>11</td><td>1</td><td><strong>196.55</strong></td></tr>
<tr class="srh-row"><td><strong>Ishan Kishan ★ (MOTM)</strong></td><td>c Ferreira b Archer</td><td><strong>74</strong></td><td><strong>31</strong></td><td>11</td><td>3</td><td><strong>238.71</strong></td></tr>
<tr><td>Heinrich Klaasen</td><td>c Bishnoi b Brijesh</td><td>29</td><td>24</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>120.83</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nitish Kumar Reddy</td><td>lbw b Brijesh</td><td>36</td><td>18</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>200.00</td></tr>
<tr class="notout"><td>Salil Arora (wk) (not out)</td><td>—</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>266.67</td></tr>
<tr class="notout"><td>Aniket Verma (not out)</td><td>—</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>100.00</td></tr>
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<strong>Extras:</strong> 18 (w 13, lb 5) | <strong>Total:</strong> 229/5 in 18.3 overs | <strong>Run Rate:</strong> 12.38 | <strong>Balls Remaining:</strong> 9 | <strong>Sixes:</strong> 10 | <strong>Fours:</strong> 27
<br><strong>Key Partnership:</strong> Abhishek + Kishan — <strong>132 runs off 55 balls</strong> (2nd Wkt, overs 0.6–9.6)
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<div class="ps-stat"><div class="ps-n">132</div><div class="ps-l">Runs Together</div></div>
<div class="ps-stat"><div class="ps-n">55</div><div class="ps-l">Balls Faced</div></div>
<div class="ps-stat"><div class="ps-n">14.4</div><div class="ps-l">Run Rate</div></div>
<div class="ps-stat"><div class="ps-n">9</div><div class="ps-l">Overs Batted</div></div>
<div class="ps-stat"><div class="ps-n">9</div><div class="ps-l">Balls Remaining</div></div>
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<tr class="str"><td><strong>Jofra Archer ★</strong></td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>34</td><td>2</td><td>8.50</td></tr>
<tr><td>Brijesh Sharma</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>44</td><td>2</td><td>11.00</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nandre Burger</td><td>3.3</td><td>0</td><td>50</td><td>0</td><td>14.29</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tushar Deshpande</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>43</td><td>0</td><td>14.33</td></tr>
<tr><td>Donovan Ferreira</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>14</td><td>1</td><td>14.00</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ravi Bishnoi</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>16.00</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ravindra Jadeja</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>11</td><td>0</td><td>11.00</td></tr>
<tr><td>Riyan Parag</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>12</td><td>0</td><td>12.00</td></tr>
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<strong>🎯 Jofra Archer — Best RR Bowler:</strong> Archer took 2 wickets (Travis Head, Ishan Kishan) at an economy of 8.50 — comfortably RR's most economical frontline bowler. His first over produced Head's wicket with a superb Test-match jaffa, and he dismissed Kishan in the 13th over when the match was already effectively done. The context of 229 being chased on this pitch, with this SRH lineup, was simply too much for any RR bowling combination.
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<div class="motm-lbl">🏅 Player of the Match — IPL 2026 Match 36</div>
<div class="motm-name">Ishan Kishan</div>
<div class="motm-team"><span class="tag t-srh">SRH</span> Sunrisers Hyderabad · Left-hand WK-Batter · Jaipur</div>
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<div class="ms"><div class="ms-n">74</div><div class="ms-k">Runs Scored</div></div>
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<div class="ms"><div class="ms-n">3</div><div class="ms-k">Sixes</div></div>
<div class="ms"><div class="ms-n">238.71</div><div class="ms-k">Strike Rate</div></div>
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<p>Ishan Kishan started with a spectacular piece of luck — Jofra Archer bowled a searing bouncer first ball that Kishan fended from directly in front of his face, edging it over fine leg for six (classified as a wide + extras). <strong>That shot set the tone for an astonishing innings.</strong> 74 off 31 balls. Eleven fours. Three sixes. A partnership of 132 with Abhishek that consumed just 55 balls and turned a 229 chase into a 10-over stroll. Kishan batted RR's spinners out of the match before they could turn the game.</p>
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<div class="pn">Vaibhav Sooryavanshi</div>
<div class="pr">RR · 3rd Fastest IPL Century</div>
<div class="ps">103 (37) · SR 278.38 · 12 Sixes</div>
<div class="pd">Hit four consecutive sixes off Praful Hinge in over one. Dispatched Cummins over long-on first ball. Reached 50 in 22 balls, 100 in 36. 12 sixes in 37 balls — a six every third delivery. A genius innings. In a losing cause, at 15 years old, in his home city.</div>
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<div class="ps">74 (31) · SR 238.71 · 11 Fours</div>
<div class="pd">First ball fended for six off Archer (wide) — and never looked back. Eleven fours and three sixes in 31 balls. His partnership with Abhishek (132 off 55) was the match-defining stand. Won the game for SRH by the 10th over, making the final 8 overs a formality.</div>
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<div class="pn">Abhishek Sharma</div>
<div class="pr">SRH · Opener</div>
<div class="ps">57 (29) · SR 196.55 · 11 Fours</div>
<div class="pd">Eleven fours in 29 balls. Attacked the part-time spinners RR used against the two left-handers before their frontline spin arrived in the 11th over — by which point, the match was done. IPL 2026 tournament total now 380 runs across 9 innings.</div>
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<div class="pn">Pat Cummins</div>
<div class="pr">SRH · Captain · Return Match</div>
<div class="ps">1/27 (4 ov) · Econ 6.75</div>
<div class="pd">First game since Ashes, December 2025. Won SRH's first toss of the season. Bowled 4 overs: 3 runs from 6 balls in the 8th over (dot-ball over of the match), and an inch-perfect yorker to bowl Riyan Parag in the 17th. Rustle? None visible. Impact? Enormous.</div>
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<div class="pn">Nitish Kumar Reddy</div>
<div class="pr">SRH · All-Rounder</div>
<div class="ps">36 (18) bat · 1/20 bowl</div>
<div class="pd">A complete all-round contribution. With the ball, dismissed Dhruv Jurel (51) in the 13th over to give RR their breakthrough. With the bat, scored 36 off 18 with 3 sixes in the death overs to accelerate SRH's push to the line. SRH's most reliable dual-threat player of IPL 2026.</div>
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<div class="pn">Dhruv Jurel</div>
<div class="pr">RR · WK-Batter</div>
<div class="ps">51 (35) · SR 145.71</div>
<div class="pd">Alongside Sooryavanshi's carnage, Jurel's 51 off 35 provided the vital anchor. 8 fours, 1 six. Their 112-run second-wicket stand off 62 balls is the partnership that gave RR a competitive total. When he fell in the 13th over, the lower order could not maintain the momentum.</div>
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<div class="xc-body">Sooryavanshi ne pehle over mein Praful Hinge ko 4 consecutive sixes maari. Teen saal ki umar mein maine bhi aisa nahi kiya. Is ladke ko dekhkar mujhe khud apna career yaad aa jata hai — fark yeh hai ki woh 15 saal ka hai. <span class="ht">#Sooryavanshi</span> <span class="ht">#IPL2026</span> 🔥</div>
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<div class="xc-body">On a day where KL Rahul scored 152 and PBKS chased 265, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 103 off 37 balls including 12 sixes and STILL couldn't win. What on earth is happening to T20 cricket in April 2026? I need to lie down. <span class="ht">#IPL2026</span></div>
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<div class="xc-body">IPL 2026, April 25: Morning - PBKS chase 265 (T20 world record). Evening - Sooryavanshi hits 3rd fastest IPL century. And BOTH losing innings involved extraordinary hundreds. Genuinely the greatest single day in IPL batting history. 📖</div>
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What on earth is happening to T20 cricket in April 2026...
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<div class="xc-foot"><span>❤️ 58.3K</span><span>🔁 16.7K</span><span>💬 2.3K</span></div>
<div class="xc-time">8:12 PM · Apr 25, 2026</div>
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<div class="xc-body">Good to be back 🧡 What a team. What a night in Jaipur. Sooryavanshi is something else — that first over made me feel like I was bowling in the nets against a genius. But we stayed disciplined. 4 wins in a row. See you next one. <span class="ht">#SRH</span> <span class="ht">#IPL2026</span></div>
<div class="xc-img">🏏 SRH Victory — Jaipur 🧡</div>
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<div class="xc-body">Ishan Kishan 74 off 31. Abhishek Sharma 57 off 29. Together: 132 off 55 balls. They literally won the match in 9 overs. RR had Jadeja and Bishnoi who bowled 1 over each combined because the game was already over by then. SRH are a machine. <span class="ht">#RRvsSRH</span></div>
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<div class="xc-body">This one hurts. Gave everything out there tonight. 103 wasn't enough — and that's the beauty and cruelty of cricket. Thank you Jaipur for the unbelievable love and support today. We'll come back stronger. Jai Rajasthan 🩷 <span class="ht">#RajasthanRoyals</span></div>
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<div class="xc-body">After chasing 265 this afternoon in Delhi, we had to then go and chase 229 in Jaipur tonight. Both chases won. Both in one day. And Abhishek-Ishan's stand tonight (132 off 55 balls) might be the most clinical chase performance of this whole tournament. PBKS are something special. <span class="ht">#PBKS</span></div>
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<div class="xc-body">First ball I faced tonight — Jofra Archer, 148 kmph bouncer, edged for six over fine leg 😅. Didn't quite middle it but I'll take it! Jokes apart: tonight was about the team. Abhi bhai was unbelievable. Welcome back Patty 🧡. 4 in a row baby! <span class="ht">#SunrisersHyderabad</span></div>
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<div class="sh"><span class="sn">07</span><h2 class="st">Match Narrative</h2><span class="sl"></span></div>
<p><strong>Toss & Context:</strong> Pat Cummins won the toss — SRH's first toss win of the season (Ishan Kishan had lost all 7 previously). He chose to bowl, setting up SRH to chase with dew expected in the evening. RR played their first home game in Jaipur this season (their first three home games were in Guwahati).</p>
<p><strong>Over 1 — Sooryavanshi's Eruption:</strong> Praful Hinge opened the bowling. Sooryavanshi's second ball was a pull for six over backward square leg. Third: whipped over mid-wicket for six. Fourth: launched over long-off for six. Fifth: cleared long-on for six. Four consecutive sixes. 25 runs off the over. Jaipur had never seen anything like it. Hinge began short and kept getting gradually fuller, and Sooryavanshi put everything away — it didn't matter where you pitched it.</p>
<p><strong>Overs 2-13 — Sooryavanshi Carries RR Single-Handed:</strong> Sooryavanshi scored his second IPL hundred, getting there off just 36 balls, and struck a six every third ball before his dismissal. The rest of RR's batting struggled around him — he made 103 off 37, and his colleagues and extras combined to score 125 off 83. Jurel's 51 was the only other significant contribution before the middle order wilted.</p>
<p><strong>SRH Chase — Kishan & Abhishek Neutralise Everything:</strong> Jofra Archer removed Travis Head in the first over. Then the two left-handers took over. RR went with the part-time offspin of Parag and Ferreira before either of their frontline spinners. By the time Ravi Bishnoi and Jadeja came on in the 11th and 12th overs, the match was nearly done. The 132-run second-wicket partnership off 55 balls was the decisive moment. Cummins' economical 4-over spell — including a 3-run 8th over — provided the perfect bookend to a triumphant return match.</p>
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<strong>🔑 Turning Point — Over 7 of the Chase:</strong> RR brought on Riyan Parag's part-time off-spin against Kishan and Abhishek. Both left-handers immediately attacked, with Kishan hitting Parag for 12 in that over. This decision — delaying Bishnoi and Jadeja until the 11th-12th overs — conceded the match in real time. By over 10, SRH needed 90 off 60 — comfortable. By over 13, it was 60 off 42 — done.
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<div class="cap-lbl">🟠 Pat Cummins — SRH (Winning Captain)</div>
<p>"It's great to be back. I've missed this so much. Winning the toss was a bonus — first toss win of the season apparently! The team has been doing brilliantly without me and I just needed to slot back in. Sooryavanshi was — look, that's one of the best batting performances I've ever been on the field for. You can't do a lot when someone is batting like that. But Kishan and Abhi tonight? That chase was unreal. Four in a row. We're building something special."</p>
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<div class="cap-lbl">🩷 Riyan Parag — RR (Losing Captain)</div>
<p>"Vaibhav was absolutely brilliant — that's as well as I've ever seen anyone bat. 103 off 37 balls against Pat Cummins, Eshan Malinga and everyone — that's elite. We thought 228 would be enough, but we saw what PBKS did to 265 this afternoon. SRH's top three are extraordinary. We had seven chances combined in this match and dropped too many. We need to regroup — three losses in a row now. We're still 10 points. We'll be back."</p>
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<tr><td>1</td><td><span class="tag" style="background:#fee2e2;color:#b5174e;border:1px solid #fca5a5;">PBKS</span> Punjab Kings</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td><strong>13</strong></td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>RCB — Royal Challengers Bengaluru</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td><strong>10</strong></td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr class="pts-srh"><td>3</td><td><span class="tag t-srh">SRH</span> Sunrisers Hyderabad</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td><strong>10</strong></td><td><span class="tag t-w">WON ✓</span></td></tr>
<tr class="pts-rr"><td>4</td><td><span class="tag t-rr">RR</span> Rajasthan Royals</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td><strong>10</strong></td><td><span class="tag t-l">LOST</span></td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>MI — Mumbai Indians</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td><strong>6</strong></td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>GT — Gujarat Titans</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td><strong>6</strong></td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>DC — Delhi Capitals</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td><strong>6</strong></td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>CSK — Chennai Super Kings</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td><strong>6</strong></td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>LSG — Lucknow Super Giants</td><td>7</td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td><strong>4</strong></td><td>—</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>KKR — Kolkata Knight Riders</td><td>7</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td><strong>2</strong></td><td>—</td></tr>
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<strong>📊 SRH's Rise:</strong> SRH jump to 3rd place on 10 points — level with RCB and RR. Four consecutive wins. Pat Cummins is back. The NRR has improved dramatically with back-to-back huge chases. <strong>RR drop to 4th</strong> — still on 10 points but with 3 losses in a row. Their middle order remains a concern. The top 4 race with RCB, SRH and RR all on 10 points is now the tightest in IPL 2026.
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<div class="fi open"><div class="fq" onclick="toggleFaq(this)">Who won RR vs SRH IPL 2026 Match 36? <span class="ficon">+</span></div><div class="fa">Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 wickets. SRH chased RR's 228/6 in 18.3 overs (229/5) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on April 25, 2026 — RR's first home game of IPL 2026 in Jaipur. SRH won with 9 balls to spare.</div></div>
<div class="fi"><div class="fq" onclick="toggleFaq(this)">What did Vaibhav Sooryavanshi score vs SRH? <span class="ficon">+</span></div><div class="fa">Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 103 off 37 balls — strike rate 278.38, 5 fours, 12 sixes. He reached his century off 36 balls — the 3rd fastest century in IPL history. He was dismissed lbw by Sakib Hussain for 103 in the 14th over.</div></div>
<div class="fi"><div class="fq" onclick="toggleFaq(this)">Is Sooryavanshi's 103 the 3rd fastest IPL century? <span class="ficon">+</span></div><div class="fa">Yes. Sooryavanshi reached his century off 36 deliveries — the 3rd fastest in IPL history. Only KL Rahul (32 balls, 2025) and Rony Talati (32 balls, 2008) have been faster. Remarkably, his previous IPL century earlier this season was already among the top-5 fastest.</div></div>
<div class="fi"><div class="fq" onclick="toggleFaq(this)">What did Ishan Kishan score vs RR? <span class="ficon">+</span></div><div class="fa">Ishan Kishan scored 74 off 31 balls — strike rate 238.71, 11 fours, 3 sixes. He was Man of the Match. His 132-run 2nd-wicket partnership with Abhishek Sharma (57 off 29) off just 55 balls was the match-winning stand, effectively winning SRH the game by the 10th over.</div></div>
<div class="fi"><div class="fq" onclick="toggleFaq(this)">Did Pat Cummins play today? How did he bowl? <span class="ficon">+</span></div><div class="fa">Yes. Pat Cummins made his IPL 2026 debut — his first competitive cricket since the Adelaide Ashes Test in December 2025. He won SRH's first toss of the season, chose to bowl, and took 1/27 from 4 overs (economy 6.75 — best economy on the day). He bowled Riyan Parag with an inch-perfect yorker for 7.</div></div>
<div class="fi"><div class="fq" onclick="toggleFaq(this)">What is the IPL 2026 points table after Match 36? <span class="ficon">+</span></div><div class="fa">After Match 36: PBKS lead with 13 points. RCB, SRH and RR are all on 10 points — the tightest top-4 race in IPL 2026. SRH are 3rd based on NRR. RR drop to 4th with three consecutive losses. PBKS's next match will be crucial in determining whether they can extend their lead.</div></div>
<div class="fi"><div class="fq" onclick="toggleFaq(this)">How many sixes did Sooryavanshi hit vs SRH? <span class="ficon">+</span></div><div class="fa">Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hit 12 sixes in his innings of 103 off 37 balls — a six every third ball. He hit four consecutive sixes off Praful Hinge in the very first over of the match. His 12 sixes are the most in a single innings by any RR batter in IPL history.</div></div>
<div class="fi"><div class="fq" onclick="toggleFaq(this)">Where can I watch RR vs SRH highlights? <span class="ficon">+</span></div><div class="fa">Full match highlights on JioHotstar app and website, and the Star Sports YouTube channel. ESPNcricinfo and Cricbuzz have complete ball-by-ball match replays. Sooryavanshi's century highlights and Pat Cummins' return clips are available on BCCI and IPL social media channels.</div></div>
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