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Pat Cummins On Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: The eliminator match of Indian Premier League 2026 is going to be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals. The team that wins this high voltage match will move ahead and play Qualifier 2. But, for the team which loses in this match, the tournament will end here. Before the start of this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins has revealed that his team is making special plans for 15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, so that he can stop him from scoring big.

Pat Cummins made special plan for Vaibhav Suryavanshi

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins admitted that his team has prepared several bowling plans for young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi ahead of the IPL 2026 eliminator match against Rajasthan Royals. Cummins said that players like Vaibhav, who can change the course of a match in a few overs, force bowling attacks to prepare backup plans beyond their capabilities.

“As a bowler, it is always important to maintain a balance, understand what you do well and how to use your strengths. But when there are one or two players in every playing eleven who can take away the match from the opposition, you have to spend a little more time on Plan-B or Plan-C. So yes, we will make a plan for him. Even though he scored a century against us last time, I think at times we bowled well to him and kept him calm. At times he Escaped us. So, we will learn from it.”

Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a century against SRH

In IPL 2026, 2 league matches were played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals. For the first time both the teams faced each other at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. In that match, Vaibhav Suryavanshi was out on zero without opening the account. Prafulla Hinge sent him to the pavilion on a duck. But, when these two teams came face to face for the second time, Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a century. Yes, in the RR VS SRH match played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, the opening batsman played a century inning of 103 runs in 37 balls, in which he hit 12 sixes and 5 fours.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s IPL 2026 stats

Rajasthan Royals’ explosive opening batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi is also going to be seen in action in the SRH VS RR match today. At present, he is ranked 6th in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs this season. So far, this 15-year-old player has scored 583 runs in 14 innings of 14 matches at an average of 41.64 and a strike rate of 232.27. During this period he has scored 1 century and 3 half-centuries.

Vaibhav can capture the Orange Cap

The eliminator match of IPL 2026 is going to be played today between Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals. In this match, all eyes will be on 15 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Vaibhav has scored 583 runs so far and in this match he will have a chance to win the Orange Cap. But, for this, 15 year old Vaibh Suryavanshi will have to score 70 runs in the SRH VS RR match.