New Delhi: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was batting on 43 runs from 17 balls. A voice close by stated jokingly, “We have change into so used to his explosive scoring that this does not even really feel an anomaly.” Come to think about it, it’s true.So when he got here to the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday night time, to face Delhi Capitals, and took his sixes tally in IPL 2026 to 43, together with three on the night time, it did not look misplaced. He has now registered probably the most sixes by an Indian batter in a single IPL season, surpassing Abhishek Sharma’s 42 in 2024.But, his collective tally of 440 runs (earlier than the match), put him exterior the top-10 within the Orange Cap race. 46 runs later — having confronted 21 balls — laced with three sixes and 5 boundaries, he had catapulted sixth within the checklist. His keep within the center was stopped brief by Madhav Tiwari.The 22-year-old Delhi Capitals seamer had made his mark within the win towards the Punjab Kings on Could 11. Along with his 2/40 and a useful cameo of unbeaten 18 runs, the Madhya Pradesh teenager had discovered a spot for second sport working.He as soon as once more proved decisive with figures of two/27 although Lungi Ngidi (2/24) was extra economical and Mitchell Starc (4/40) extra deadly. Starc struck thrice in an over — was on a hat-trick likelihood — with wickets of Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira and Ravi Singh.The massive influence, nevertheless, arguably, was the wicket of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to not simply apply the brakes on a motoring machine, but in addition eliminating a possible large complete additional down the road.Regardless of the wicket, that seemed to be an actual chance. RR had been 160/2 after 14 overs with Dhruv Jurel and Riyan Parag stitching a 72-run partnership. Skipper Parag was doing the majority of the scoring with a 26-ball 51 to indicate for himself.On the fag finish, Tiwari added the wicket of Shubham Dubey as DC bowlers delivered within the method they hadn’t at residence to this point within the season. They introduced in loads of variations to the fore: Nigid with a mixture of slower ‘uns and deliveries that climbed as much as the batters.Finally, RR had been stopped on 193/8 — effectively in need of a 220-plus complete at one stage — with the final six overs leading to simply 33 runs at the price of six wickets.“Coming into this IPL season, I simply thought that I am gonna absorb 4 or 5 variations with me and I am gonna again them all through the season. So, I’ve been engaged on them, and hopefully, the outcomes are serving to in my favour,” stated Tiwari through the mid-innings interplay.“I assume there was a little bit of assist from the wicket. It was gripping, and so I assumed that I may use extra of them. I used to be simply seeking to put myself (in) a excessive‑stress state of affairs within the nets themselves. So bowling to (David) Miller and bowling to Ashutosh (Sharma) and KL (Rahul) helped me. “I used to be simply attempting to determine how I am gonna bowl towards these batsmen, which is gonna assist me on this match,” he continued.In reply, Delhi Capitals motoring to the 194-run goal, simply the way in which Rajasthan Royals had began strongly. Abhishek Porel and KL Rahul put collectively 105 runs on the scoreboard in beneath 10 overs and the goal seemed effectively in sights.However, very similar to RR’s effort, DC additionally misplaced the plot with one wicket after one other. Abhishek Porel (51), KL Rahul (56) and Axar Patel (34*) went to double digits however the chase bought nervous. Sahil Parakh (9), Tristan Stubbs (4) and David Miller (9) all got here and perished with out a lot of a task.Just like DC’s trio of seamers who pulled the sport again, it was Jofra Archer who stored them within the hunt. His 2/35 stored RR alive within the contest with wickets and stream of runs being curtailed.Riyan Parag’s resolution handy the ball to Donovan Ferreira proved to be an enormous turning level. Within the 18th over, Ferreira got here on for his first of the night time and was smacked for 16 runs to ease any stress.12 runs within the penultimate over and 10 off the 2 balls within the final noticed DC stroll previous the end line ultimately and break their dropping streak at residence.Within the grand scheme of issues, RR are nonetheless alive within the playoff race however on an evening they had been cruising with the bat and had DC needing 35 runs off 3 overs, it is a chance squandered.