Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Shatters Another IPL Record, Achieves Sensational Feat
Rajasthan Royals' 15-year-old sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scripted history by breaking the record of most sixes hit by an Indian batter during an IPL season.
Rajasthan Royals' 15-year-old sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scripted history by breaking the record of most sixes hit by an Indian batter during an IPL season. During the IPL 2026 encounter against Delhi Capitals, Sooryavanshi slammed 3 sixes and in the process, he went past Abhishek Sharma's tally of 42 sixes. Sooryavanshi now has 43 sixes in 12 matches during IPL 2026 while Abhishek hammered 42 sixes in 16 matches during the 2024 season. Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer is in the third position with 39 sixes in 17 matches during the 2025 season. Overall, the record belongs to legendary West Indies batter Chris Gayle who slammed a sensational 59 sixes in 15 matches for Royal Challengers Bengaluru during the 2012 season.
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Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and opted to bowl against Rajasthan Royals.
Tripurana Vijay makes his debut for DC. For RR also, Ravi Singh makes his debut, replacing Ravindra Jadeja due to "workload management" as per captain Riyan Parag.
"We would like to bowl. Obviously when you win, you feel good, and the atmosphere is positive too. Even when we were losing, the atmosphere was still good, it's not like we were pointing fingers at anyone. But when you come after winning, you carry that confidence forward as well. There is only one change. Looking at the nature of the pitch, unfortunately Auqib Nabi misses out, and instead Vijay Tripurana is making his debut," Axar said at the toss.
Rajasthan Royals: Riyan Parag (capt), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravi Singh, Donovan Ferreira, Shubham Dubey, Jofra Archer, Adam Milne, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja.
Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (capt), Abishek Porel, KL Rahul (wk), Sahil Parakh, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Mukesh Kumar, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi.
(With agency inputs)
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