Rajasthan Royals enter the playoffs: clash with Hyderabad in the eliminator match, all eyes on Vaibhav Suryavanshi IPL 2026 Playoff: This 15 year old boy is going to create history, just 17 runs away from the big world record

Vaibhav Suryavanshi IPL 2026 record: The league stage of IPL 2026 is now completely over and the top-4 tough teams of this season are in front of us. Rajasthan Royals have secured their ticket to the playoffs by registering a spectacular win in their last match of the league stage. With this win, Rajasthan has 16 points and has secured its place in the knockout stage by defeating Punjab Kings. Now four teams are left in the fray for this season’s trophy: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Gujarat Titans (GT), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals (RR).

15 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi will create history!

Zee News According to, amidst this success of Rajasthan, the most talked about thing is their 15 year old ‘wonder boy’ Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Vaibhav will take the field in the eliminator match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on 27th May with the intention of creating a unique world record.

If Vaibhav is in this match only 17 runs If he scores more, he will complete 600 runs in this season. With this, he will become the first teenage (under 19 years of age) cricketer in the world to touch the figure of 600 runs in any T20 series or major tournament.

Vaibhav’s performance so far this season:

  • Total matches/innings: 14 innings

  • Total Run: 583 runs

  • Batting Average: 41.64

  • strike rate: 232.27 (stormy style)

  • Centuries/Fifties: 1 century and 3 half centuries

  • Fours/Sixes: 50 fours and 53 skyscraper sixes

IPL 2026: Final points table of league stage

The position of the top four teams at the end of the league stage and the mathematics of their performance can be seen in the table below:








team name Total Points Net Run Rate (NRR) status Position in league stage
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) 18 points On top with best net run rate 1st place
Gujarat Titans (GT) 18 points Lag behind RCB due to low run rate 2nd place
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) 18 points Run rate less than RCB and Gujarat third place
Rajasthan Royals (RR) 16 points Qualified with 8 wins in 14 matches fourth place

Complete schedule and venues of playoff matches

The dates and grounds for all the matches of the knockout stage of the tournament have been finalized:

  • Qualifier 1 (Tuesday, 26 May 2026): This great match will be played at the beautiful Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala. Here the top-2 teams of the points table, i.e. RCB and Gujarat Titans will be face to face. The team that wins this match will directly enter the finals, while the losing team will get another chance through Qualifier 2.

  • Eliminator Match (Wednesday, 27 May 2026): There will be a clash between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals at the Maharaja Yadvindra Singh Stadium in Mullanpur (New Chandigarh).

Strict rules of eliminator: It is a ‘do or die’ contest in which there are no second chances. The journey of the team that loses in this match will end here in IPL 2026, while the winning team will move ahead.

  • Qualifier 2 (Friday, 29 May 2026): The losing team in Qualifier 1 will face the winning team of the eliminator match on the ground of Mullanpur itself. The winning team here will get the second ticket to the final.

  • Grand Final (Sunday, 31 May 2026): The biggest and final title match of this entire season will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, where this year’s new champion will be revealed to the world.