SRH vs RR IPL 2026 Eliminator Live Score Updates: Jofra Archer dismissed the dangerous Abhishek Sharma with just the second ball of the first over. (Express Photo by Kamleshwar Singh)SRH vs RR IPL 2026 Eliminator Highlights: Jofra Archer did what he does best by dismissing the dangerous Abhishek Sharma in the second over and then ending Ishan Kishan’s onslaught before it caused too much damage to the Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator of the 2026 IPL. From there, SRH’s chase of 244 never picked up. They were eventually all out for 196, thus losing by 47 runs and thus getting knocked out of the 2026 IPL. SRH are through to Qualifier 2, where they face Gujarat Titans on Friday.
RR set up the target largely thanks to an astonishing display of power-hitting by the young Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Sooryavanshi set the ball rolling in such spectacular fashion that RR crossed 200 inside 15 overs. However, Sunrisers Hyderabad then did well to pull RR back and restrict them to a score of 243/8 in 20 overs. After Sooryavanshi fell on 97 off just 29 balls, Dhruv Jurel kept up RR’s momentum up with a 21-ball half-century. SRH however came back strong after that and overall, they gave just 36 runs and took five wickets in the last five overs.

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Sooryavanshi fell three runs short of breaking Chris Gayle’s record for fatest-ever IPL century in an innings in which he broke yet another record that the West Indies legend had set just a year after Sooryavanshi’s birth. Sooryavanshi smashed as many as 12 sixes and five fours as he flew his way to a score of 97 in just 29 balls. In the process, his tally of sixes for the season ticked well past 59, thus breaking Chris Gayle’s long-standing record for most sixes in an IPL season.
Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2026 - Eliminator
Sunrisers Hyderabad
196 (19.2)vs
Rajasthan Royals
243/8 (20.0)Match Ended ( Eliminator )
Rajasthan Royals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 47 runs
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