Suryavanshi blitzes 15-ball fifty as Rajasthan Royals crush Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets
Fifteen years old and already making IPL bowling attacks look ordinary. Vaibhav Suryavanshi walked out to bat with Rajasthan Royals chasing 128 and turned the contest into something closer to a nets session, blasting 52 off 17 balls as his side romped home by eight wickets with 47 balls to spare.
CSK's batting misfires in Guwahati
Riyan Parag won the toss and sent Chennai Super Kings in on a surface that offered movement early. Jofra Archer set the tone with two wickets for 19 from his four overs, removing Ruturaj Gaikwad and Noor Ahmad either side of the innings. Nandre Burger matched him with 2 for 26, bowling Sanju Samson for six on his CSK debut against the franchise he left during the off-season.
Ravindra Jadeja, now back in Rajasthan Royals colours, completed a miserable evening for his former teammates by picking up 2 for 18 from three overs. Jamie Overton was the only CSK batter to get going, scoring 43 off 36 balls before a sharp piece of fielding from Shimron Hetmyer and Dhruv Jurel ran him out. Chennai were bowled out for 127 in 19.4 overs.
Suryavanshi takes the attack apart
The chase barely lasted long enough for the Guwahati crowd to settle in. Suryavanshi, who turned 15 last Friday, hit four fours and five sixes in his 17-ball stay, reaching his fifty off just 15 deliveries. That makes it the fastest half-century of IPL 2026 so far and one of the quickest in the tournament's history, behind only Yashasvi Jaiswal's 13-ball effort in 2023 and a handful of 14-ball fifties.
Jaiswal played the anchor at the other end, finishing unbeaten on 38 off 36 balls. After Suryavanshi finally holed out, Parag strolled in and sealed the win with a reverse-sweep six off Noor Ahmad to cap a statement evening for the new captain.
Samson's quiet return
The storyline everyone wanted was Samson running riot against his old team. Instead, Burger knocked his off stump out of the ground in the second over with a fuller ball that Samson played across. Six runs off seven balls. It was a flat start to life in yellow for a player who lit up the T20 World Cup barely a month ago.
Burger collected the Player of the Match award for his role in dismantling CSK's top order, though Suryavanshi's innings will be the one replayed on highlights reels for days.
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