Teenage star Sooryavanshi smashes 97 as Rajasthan advance in IPL playoffs

• Fifteen-year-old hits 12 sixes in 29-ball knock

• Jofra Archer wickets help Royals past Sunrisers

The teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed a staggering 12 sixes to lead Rajasthan Royals to a 47-run drubbing of Sunrisers Hyderabad in Wednesday’s Indian Premier League eliminator.

The 15-year-old Sooryavanshi, who won the regular season’s orange cap for the most runs scored (680), destroyed Hyderabad’s famed bowling with an incredible 29-ball 97, around which Rajasthan constructed an imposing 243-8 in Chandigarh.