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Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (AP Photo) Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continues to rewrite IPL history with a season for the ages. The Rajasthan Royals opener shattered a 14-year-old record held by Chris Gayle during the IPL 2026 Eliminator clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad in New Chandigarh. Playing in the biggest match of Rajasthan’s season, Sooryavanshi once again…

Five-time Olympian, Asian Games gold medallist Raja Randhir Singh dies at 79 New Delhi: Over the past decade, Randhir Singh could be seen once in a while treating his young granddaughter to an ice-cream at a south Delhi Nirula’s outlet after picking her up from school. It seemed like delivering on a promise for the…

Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (AP Photo) Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continues to rewrite IPL history with astonishing ease, and his breathtaking 97 off just 29 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2026 Eliminator has now become one of the most destructive innings the tournament has ever witnessed. The Rajasthan Royals opener recorded the second-highest strike rate…

Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan (AP Photo) Paris: There were seats for the taking on the show courts — Philippe-Chatrier, Suzanne-Lenglen and Simone-Mathieu — but not a patch of shade across the 34 acres of Roland Garros lay unoccupied on Wednesday, another 30-plus Celsius day at the French Open amid an unprecedented heat wave.Around the grounds,…

Rajasthan Royals stormed into Qualifier 2 of IPL 2026 after beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 47 runs in the Eliminator on Wednesday. The night belonged to 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, whose 97 off just 29 balls put RR in complete control of the contest. Chasing a place in Qualifier 2, Rajasthan Royals first piled up 243 for…

Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi once again stunned the cricketing world with a breathtaking innings in the IPL 2026 Eliminator, and remarkably, even during the innings itself, the teenage sensation looked completely calm despite the enormity of the occasion. Speaking to the broadcasters during the mid-innings break after smashing 97 off…

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Screengrab) Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi produced one of the most breathtaking innings ever seen in an IPL knockout match, but the teenager’s emotional reaction after falling three runs short of a historic century showed just how much the moment meant to him. Representing Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2026 Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad in…

Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi produced another jaw-dropping innings in the IPL 2026 Eliminator, this time equalling one of the most iconic playoff records in tournament history previously held by Suresh Raina. Playing for Rajasthan Royals against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mullanpur, the teenage sensation raced to a breathtaking half-century in…

Rajasthan Royals’ skipper Riyan Parag (ANI Photo) Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bowl first against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2026 Eliminator, with RR skipper Riyan Parag confirming a major fitness concern at the toss. Parag revealed that he is not fully fit for the high-pressure knockout clash but insisted Rajasthan have…

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s captain Pat Cummins, and Rajasthan Royals’ captain Riyan Parag (AP Photo) Former India captain Anil Kumble believes Sunrisers Hyderabad head into the IPL 2026 Eliminator with a stronger and more balanced squad than Rajasthan Royals, insisting Hyderabad possess far more match-winners across both batting and bowling departments. The high-pressure knockout clash will take…