Ravindra Jadeja and Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Image Credit: Rajasthan Royals)

New Delhi: What’s in Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s bat? Every time the 15-year-old takes the field, he attacks the bowlers – smashing them around the ground, reducing their economy rates, and giving his team explosive starts with fearless strokeplay.Ahead of Rajasthan Royals‘ The IPL 2026 clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad was a light-hearted moment which included Ravindra Jadeja And teenage feeling.Jadeja picked up Suryavanshi’s bat to take a closer look and while examining it he jokingly said, “But you have got this done… why have you got it like candy?”The SRH vs RR encounter promises to be a battle between two of the most explosive opening pairs of this season. On one side, Sunrisers Hyderabad has Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, while Rajasthan Royals have Yashasvi Jaiswal and Suryavanshi at the helm.The Hade-Abhishek pair is scoring at a fast pace of 13 runs per over, while the Jaiswal-Suryavanshi pair is not far behind at a pace of 12.5. However, leading the charts are Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya, who have scored at an impressive rate of 13.91 runs per over.Meanwhile, Sooryavanshi is inching closer to a historic milestone. In just 22 matches and innings, he has scored 901 runs at an average of 42.90 and an impressive strike rate of 215.55, including three centuries and three fifties.The record for scoring the fastest 1,000 runs in men’s T20 is held by Brad Hodge and Shaun Marsh, with Hodge being the first player to reach this milestone.Suryavanshi also currently holds the Orange Cap, having scored 200 runs in four matches at an average of 50.00 and an incredible strike rate of 266.66, which included two fifties and 18 sixes.