Rajasthan Royals Entered Qualifier 2 of IPL 2026 after defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 47 runs in the eliminator on Wednesday. That night belonged to 15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, whose knock of 97 off 29 balls put RR in complete control of the contest. Chasing a place in Qualifier 2, Rajasthan Royals scored 243 for eight after Suryavanshi dismantled SRH’s bowling attack in one of the most devastating innings of the season. The young player hit 12 sixes and came close to Chris Gayle’s record of the fastest century in IPL. Gayle completed his century in 30 balls, while Suryavanshi was out for 97 runs after facing only 29 balls. The left-handed batsman attacked from the start and forced Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins to find answers. Anything full disappeared straight under the ground, while smaller balls were cut up and dragged into the stands. Suryavanshi completed his half-century in just 16 balls, eight of which went for sixes. His opening partner Yashasvi Jaiswal watched from the other end most of the time and scored 29 runs in 29 balls. By the time Suryavanshi was dismissed by Prafulla Hinge in the eighth over, Rajasthan Royals’ score had reached 125 runs in eight overs. The teenager also broke Chris Gayle’s record of most sixes in an IPL season. He now has 65 sixes in his name this season, which has overtaken Gayle’s 59 sixes. After this, Dhruv Jurel took the innings forward by playing a quick inning of 50 runs in 21 balls, which is his sixth half-century of this season. Rajasthan Royals looked to be heading towards an even bigger score after scoring 180 runs for two wickets in 13 overs, but Sunrisers Hyderabad made a comeback in the death overs. SRH took five wickets for 36 runs in the last five overs and prevented RR from crossing the 260-run mark. Still, the damage had already been done. Pat Cummins took 0 wickets for 64 runs in four overs. Saqib Hussain gave away 49 runs in three overs, while Prafulla Hinge took three wickets but gave away 54 runs. Ishan Malinga also struggled, while wrist spinner Shivang Kumar impressed and took the wicket of Jaiswal. In reply, Sunrisers Hyderabad never recovered after losing wickets in the powerplay. jofra archer Made important strikes in the powerplay and removed Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Travis Head. Archer’s final figures are 4-0-58-3. Although he conceded runs later in the innings, his wickets of SRH’s biggest match-winners proved decisive. Ishan Kishan scored 33 runs while Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 38 runs to help SRH chase the target briefly. Salil Arora added 35 runs, but wickets kept falling at regular intervals. Heinrich Klaasen also failed to make an impact and was LBW to Yashraj Punja while attempting an aggressive shot. The lower-middle order tried to counterattack, but the target proved too high. Ultimately Sunrisers Hyderabad was out for 196 runs in 19.2 overs. Rajasthan Royals will now face Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2 on Friday for a place in the IPL 2026 final.