Sunrisers Hyderabad Eliminated from IPL 2026 After Loss to Rajasthan Royals

Chandigarh. Sunrisers Hyderabad has been eliminated from IPL 2026. The team was defeated by Rajasthan Royals by 47 runs in the eliminator match. 

Now Rajasthan will face Gujarat Titans in Qualifier-2 to be held on Friday in New Chandigarh. The team that wins this match will play the final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on May 31 in Ahmedabad.

Batting first on Wednesday at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in Mullanpur, Rajasthan scored 243 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Hyderabad was all out for 196 in 19.2 overs.

Rajasthan got a great start from Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Both added 125 runs for the first wicket in just 7.6 overs. Suryavanshi played a brilliant innings of 97 runs off 29 balls with 5 fours and 12 sixes. Similarly, Jaiswal scored 29 runs. Then Dhruv Jurel smashed 50 runs off 21 balls, while captain Riyan Parag played an innings of 26 runs off 12 balls. In the end, Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten on 12.

Prafull Hingge was the most successful bowler for Hyderabad. He took 3 wickets for 54 runs in 4 overs. Ishan Malinga, Shivang Kumar, and Nitish Reddy took 1 wicket each. However, captain Pat Cummins proved very expensive, conceding 64 runs in 4 overs.

Hyderabad's start was very poor while chasing the target of 244 runs. Jofra Archer got Abhishek Sharma out for zero in the first over, then sent Ishan Kishan (33) and Travis Head (17) to the pavilion, changing the course of the game. After that, Nitish Reddy scored 38 and Salil Arora scored 35 runs and struggled, but the team was bundled out for 196 in 19.2 overs.

Archer was the most successful in Rajasthan's bowling. He took 3 wickets for 58 runs in 4 overs. Nandré Burger, Ravindra Jadeja, and Sushant Mishra took 2 wickets each, while Yash Punja took 1 wicket.

15-year-old Vaibhav broke many records in the match. Let's see:

• 65 sixes: The number of sixes hit by Vaibhav Suryavanshi in IPL 2026, which is the highest number of sixes hit by any batter in any T20 competition. He broke the record set by Chris Gayle in IPL 2012, who hit 59 sixes. Gayle played 456 balls to set that record, while Suryavanshi played only 266 balls.
• 16 balls: The number of balls played by Suryavanshi to complete his half-century against Sunrisers Hyderabad, which is the joint fastest half-century by any batter in an IPL playoff (or knockout). Earlier, Suresh Raina had scored a half-century in 16 balls against Kings XI Punjab in Qualifier-2 in 2014.
• 242.85: Suryavanshi's strike rate this season, where he scored 680 runs in 15 innings. He is the first batter to score more than 600 runs at a strike rate of 200 or more in a T20 competition. After him is Rilee Rossouw with a strike rate of 192.28, who scored 623 runs in the 2022 T20 Blast.

• 12 sixes: Sixes hit by Suryavanshi in 29 balls in the eliminator against Hyderabad, which is the joint highest number of sixes hit by any Indian batter in an innings in the IPL. He equaled his own record set earlier this season against Hyderabad in Jaipur.
• 1: Suryavanshi's 12 sixes are also the most sixes hit by any batter in an IPL playoff (or knockout) match. He surpassed the record of 10 sixes hit by Shubman Gill against Mumbai Indians in Qualifier-2 in 2023.
• 24 balls: Suryavanshi hit his first 10 sixes in just 24 balls, which is the fewest balls taken by any batter in the IPL. Gayle hit his first 10 sixes in 27 balls during his unbeaten innings of 175 against Pune Warriors in 2013.
• 8: Out of the 12 sixes hit by Suryavanshi on Wednesday, 8 came in the powerplay itself, which is the highest number of sixes hit by a batter in this phase of an innings in the IPL. Earlier, five batters had hit seven sixes in an innings, including Suryavanshi's performance against Hyderabad in Jaipur this season.
• 4 times: The number of times Suryavanshi has hit 10 or more sixes in an IPL innings, which is the joint highest with Gayle (4). Three of those four innings came in IPL 2026 itself, which is the most for any batter in a single season.
• 334.48: Suryavanshi's batting strike rate when he scored 97 off 29 balls, which is the highest strike rate of any batter who has scored 90 or more runs in an innings in the IPL. Earlier, Rajat Patidar's strike rate of 281.81 when he scored an unbeaten 93 off 33 balls against Gujarat Titans on Tuesday was the highest.
• 3 times: The number of times Suryavanshi has maintained a strike rate of over 300 in an IPL innings where he scored 50 or more runs, which is the highest for any batter. In overall T20 cricket, this is his fourth time doing so, equaling Kieron Pollard's record (4).
• 5 times: The number of times Suryavanshi has completed his half-century within the powerplay overs in the IPL, placing him just behind David Warner. Warner has done so 6 times. Four of these five half-centuries came in 2026 itself, equaling Travis Head's four half-centuries in 2024.
• 490 runs: The number of runs scored by Suryavanshi in the first six overs, which is the highest number of runs scored by any batter in this phase of an IPL season. He surpassed Warner's record of 467 runs set in the 2016 season.