India, May 10 -- The script was all too familiar. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi had given yet another blazing start to the Rajasthan Royals. For a brief while, it seemed that the hosts would make a match out of it in the chase of 230 against the Gujarat Titans at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday. The young batter had announced himself on the biggest stage against the same opponent last year by smashing a 35-ball century. A year later, he once again began his innings in style, hitting Mohammed Siraj for a maximum off the first delivery he faced in the game against Shubman Gill's side in the IPL 2026 edition.

Sooryavanshi was going hell for leather and was batting on 36 off just 15 deliveries, and it was then that the Gujarat Titans...