Vaibhav Suryavanshi of Rajasthan Royals (AP Photo)

New Delhi: Vaibhav Suryavanshi once again made headlines as the 15-year-old played a brilliant inning of 93 runs in just 38 balls. Rajasthan Royals Easy win by seven wickets over Lucknow Super Giants in an important match of IPL 2026 in Jaipur. The win has kept Rajasthan firmly in the race for the playoffs, with the team now needing another win against Mumbai Indians to strengthen their qualification hopes.While chasing the huge target of 221 runs, Rajasthan looked fearless from the beginning. Suryavanshi hit 10 sixes and attacked almost every bowler, making the difficult target look surprisingly easy. He first made a quick partnership with the acting captain Yashasvi Jaiswal Before making another big stand with Dhruv Jurel, who remained unbeaten with a half-century. Although the teenager missed his century by just seven runs, he had already taken the game away from Lucknow.Former cricketer Ian Bishop aptly described the youngster’s talent in the commentary, saying: “He’s ready.”First, Michelle Marsh Lucknow was taken to 220/5 with a stormy inning of 96 runs in 57 balls. Josh Inglis also played aggressively and scored 60 runs and the pair gave LSG a great start with an opening partnership of 109 runs. Even after Inglis was out, Marsh continued the attack and hit boundaries around the ground and missed a century.However, Rajasthan’s bowlers struggled for most of the innings, with only young spinner Yashraj Punja managing to exert some control by taking two wickets. Jofra Archer’s disciplined final over also helped limit further damage.The young batsman has now come close to several IPL records, including Chris Gayle’s record of hitting most sixes in a season. His fearless batting also put pressure on India’s fast bowler Mayank Yadav, who gave away a lot of runs in one over.While Lucknow’s playoff hopes ended with the defeat, Rajasthan now head into their final league match with qualification still within reach.