15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi decimated Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Match 16 of the Indian Premier League 2026. Chasing 202 runs, RR reached the target in the 18th over, with six wickets in hand. Sooryavanshi was the star of the run chase, scoring 78 runs off 26 balls, laced with 8 fours and 7 sixes.

His runs came at a strike rate of 300 and added over 100 runs with the wicket-keeper batter Dhruv Jurel.

Rajasthan posted over 90 runs in the powerplay overs. Jurel took his time and allowed Vaibhav to take on the bowlers, but once Krunal Pandya dismissed the young batter, he started hitting big shots. He remained unbeaten on 81 runs off 43 balls, with the help of 8 boundaries and 3 maximums.

RR all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was also impressive with the bat, managing 24 runs off 25 balls.

Pandya and Josh Hazlewood took two wickets each. Earlier, Bengaluru reached 201/8 in their allotted 20 overs, with captain Rajat Patidar leading the batting charts.

His 63 runs in 40 balls were packed with 4 boundaries and as many sixes.

Virat Kohli (32 off 16), Venkatesh Iyer (29* off 15) and Romario Shepherd (22 off 11) played handy knocks.

Jofra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi and Brijesh Sharma dismissed two batters each. With their win, Rajasthan Royals have won four consecutive matches and are No.1 in the standings. They have 8 points. On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bengaluru have four points from three games.