New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals‘ Teenage sensation Vibhu Suryavanshi and his habit of terrorizing bowlers is no secret. It started in the last IPL, continued during India’s 2026 U-19 World Cup winning campaign, and is still going strong in IPL 2026. The lad from Bihar has wreaked havoc with sixes, striking fear into the bowlers and opposition teams. More importantly, he keeps his promises.Rajasthan Royals needed a win against an already relegated Lucknow Supergiants side after suffering three consecutive defeats. The head coach is watching. Kumar SangakkaraHis face strained, the 15-year-old approached him and said, “It’s going to happen.” After that he picked up the pad and left for the beach.The conversation came after Rajasthan Royals opted to bat first against LSG.After LSG posted a massive 220/5, Suryavanshi was at his devastating best, scoring 93 off just 38 balls as Rajasthan Royals easily chased down 221 to keep their playoff hopes alive. RR won by seven wickets with five balls to spare.Suryavanshi hit 10 sixes and seven fours in an impressive innings.After the match, Suryavanshi spoke to Rajasthan Royals team manager Romi Bhandar and revealed the promise he had made to Sangakkara.“Wow actually we were not doing well from 2-3 matches. We are losing those matches. Anko Mai was under a lot of pressure. Even today when Mai was paddling up for a score of 220, there was a lot of anxiety on his face. Today I will bring my game back and do well. [Actually, things hadn’t been going well for us for the last 2-3 matches. We were losing games. I could see that he was under a lot of pressure. Even today, when I was padding up to chase 220, there was a lot of tension and stress on his face. But I was confident that today I would back my game again and do well]” said Suryavanshi.“So I told them ‘It will happen’, not a big score according to this wicket. Don’t take tension. [So I told him, ‘It will happen.’ It’s not a very big score according to this wicket. There’s no need to take tension]” he said.The 15-year-old opener has already hit 53 sixes this season, leaving him just six short of Chris Gayle’s record of 59 maximum sixes in a single IPL edition.In the process, the teenage prodigy became the first Indian batsman in IPL history to hit 50 sixes in a single season.He also became the youngest player in the tournament’s history to reach 500 runs and holds the highest strike rate at 236.3 in a 500-plus IPL season.
