Rajasthan Royals qualified for the knockout stages of the ongoing IPL (Indian Premier League) 2026. The side defeated Mumbai Indians in the 69th game of the season and secured their place at the fourth spot in the standings. It is worth noting that Rajasthan Royals came into bat first and posted a total of 205 runs in the first innings of the game.
Chasing down the target, Mumbai Indians got off to a horrid start to the chase as Rohit Sharma departed for a duck, and Ryan Rickelton scored 12 runs in 7 deliveries. It is worth noting that Rickelton was dismissed by Nandre Burger, with 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi taking the catch.
Notably, this was the first catch that Vaibhav took in the IPL, and in doing so, he became the youngest player in the history of the IPL to take a catch at 15 years and 58 days old.
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Hardik Pandya opens up after losing the clash against RR
After the loss, Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya took centre stage and talked about how he feels that his side gave away 15-20 extra runs in the first innings, and them losing a lot of wickets in the powerplay hurt them.
“I think 10-15 runs (more we gave with the ball). It was quite hot as well, bowlers did a pretty good job. It was chaseable, we just lost a lot of wickets in powerplay and then it was always a catch up game. When I went to bat it felt like it was coming on nicely. It played similar in both innings,” Pandya said in the post-match presentation ceremony.
Youngest fielders to take an IPL catch:
15y 58d - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (RR) vs MI, 2026*
17y 16d - Mujeeb ur Rahman (PBKS) vs RCB, 2018
17y 163d - Riyan Parag (RR) vs DC, 2019
17y 181d - Pradeep Sangwan (DC) vs MI, 2008
17y 201d - Washington Sundar (RPS) vs MI, 2017
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