India, May 10 -- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi threatened for a while in the IPL 2026 match between the Rajasthan Royals and the Gujarat Titans at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. But Mohammed Siraj stopped the 15-year-old in his tracks, and the left-hander had to walk back after scoring 36 runs off 16 balls. This proved to be a body blow for the Royals, who failed to recover, going down by 77 runs in their chase of 230. Just like Pat Cummins, even Matthew Hayden is mighty impressed with the Royals' opener, but the former Australia batter might just have highlighted some of the biggest flaws in the youngster's gameplay.

Hayden said that when a team is chasing a target in excess of 220, the need of the hour is to have a batter who can go stri...