Sooryavanshi's 36-ball century is wasted as Abhishek and Kishan chase 229 in Jaipur

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 103 off 37 balls, the third-fastest century in IPL history, was undone in Jaipur as Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan put on 132 to take Sunrisers Hyderabad to a five-wicket win and a fourth in a row.

April 25, 2026

Sawai Mansingh got the kind of evening Rajasthan Royals fans had been waiting six matches for. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi opened, racked up a 15-ball fifty, and turned it into a 36-ball century, his second IPL century. Then SRH walked out to chase 229, lost Travis Head in the first over, and made the rest of it look easy.

Sunrisers Hyderabad got home by five wickets with nine balls to spare. The win takes them to four on the trot in this season and lifts them to third in the table. The Sooryavanshi-led 228 for 6, which had felt like a winning total an hour earlier, ended up being a back-of-an-envelope total Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan went past on cruise control.

A 15-year-old in third place on the all-time list

Sooryavanshi's 103 came off 37 balls, with five fours and 12 sixes. The hundred itself arrived in 36, the third-fastest in IPL history. Only Chris Gayle's 30-ball century from 2013 and Sooryavanshi's own 35-ball effort from IPL 2025 sit ahead. The 15-year-old also crossed 1,000 career T20 runs in the same innings, the youngest player to do it in the format.

Sooryavanshi went out on the third ball after his hundred. RR added some late hitting to land at 228 for 6 from 20 overs, a total that on most nights at this ground is enough to bowl at. Tonight it wasn't even close.

Abhishek and Kishan flatten the chase

Travis Head went off the third ball of the chase, the kind of breakthrough that would normally feel like a moment. It barely registered. Abhishek Sharma walked out at one down and put on 132 with Ishan Kishan in a stand that ran the required rate into the ground. Kishan got 74 from 31, Abhishek 57 from 29, and by the time both were back in the dugout SRH were already a stride from home.

Nitish Kumar Reddy with 36 and Heinrich Klaasen with 29 took care of the rest. Final score 229 for 5 in 18.3 overs. RR drop to a bad-looking position in the table, with Sooryavanshi's hundred turning into the sort of stat-line that gets read out on highlight reels and helps no one in the points column.