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05/19 13:41 CDT Teenage star Sooryavanshi smashes 93 against Lucknow to keep
Rajasthan in line for IPL playoffs
Teenage star Sooryavanshi smashes 93 against Lucknow to keep Rajasthan in line
for IPL playoffs
JAIPUR, India (AP) --- Rajasthan Royals teenage star Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's hit
an entertaining knock of 93 runs with 10 sixes against Lucknow Super Giants on
Tuesday to keep his team in contention for the final Indian Premier League
playoff spot.
The 15-year-old Sooryavanshi also smashed seven fours in his boundary-loaded
38-ball innings as Rajasthan cruised to 225-3 in 19.1 overs for seven-wicket
win.
Mitchell Marsh (96) had earlier missed out on a hundred but the Australian
opener's century first-wicket stand with his countryman Josh Inglis (60) had
carried Lucknow to 220-5 after Rajasthan's stand-in captain Yashasvi Jaiswal
won the toss and elected to field.
Rajasthan overtook Punjab Kings at No. 4 on the points table behind three teams
that have already qualified for the playoffs: Royal Challengers Bengaluru,
Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Rajasthan could seal the final playoff spot if they beat Mumbai Indians in
their last league game.
Unlike his aggressive style of batting from the onset, Sooryavanshi took his
time before charging against the pace. He scored only five runs off the first
10 balls he faced, but the youngster showed extravagant power-hitting to score
88 off the next 28 balls.
Fast bowler Akash Singh (1-54) conceded four boundaries against Jaiswal in his
23-run first over before dismissing him in his second over.
Sooryavanshi raised the tally of his sixes to 53 this season and needs seven
more big hits to break Chris Gayle's 14-year-old IPL record of 59 sixes.
Sooryavanshi could have been run-out in the 90s when Mohsin Khan couldn't hit
the stumps at the non-striker's end from close range before the fast bowler had
the youngster caught at long-on in the 14th over.
Dhruv Jurel made sure Rajasthan scored at a rapid pace and remained unbeaten on
53 off 38 balls, achieving the target with five balls to spare.
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