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• The eyes of the world turned to Vaibhav Suryavanshi

• Will Chris Gayle’s record be broken?

• Just 6 sixes away, today’s match will be interesting

IPL 2026 The excitement has reached its peak. RCB have booked their place in the final after defeating Gujarat Titans in the first qualifier. Now the wait is for the second finalist team. An eliminator match will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals at the Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur today i.e. 27th May.

The team that loses this knockout match will be eliminated from the tournament and the winner will enter the finals. In this high-voltage match, all eyes will be on Hyderabad’s explosive batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who is all set to steal the limelight with his powerful batting.

Who is the sixer king?

Whenever big sixes are talked about in the cricketing world, West Indies’ ‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle’s name comes first, but today, in 2026, Vaibhav Suryavanshi can make history. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s young player, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, today has a chance to break the record for most sixes in an IPL season. This record was held by Chris Gayle for many years.

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Vaibhav’s eye on Gayle’s record

Chris Gayle hit a total of 59 sixes while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2012 IPL season. No one has been able to break this record for the past 14 years, but this season Vaibhav Suryavanshi has made this seemingly impossible record possible with his fearless batting. Vaibhav has hit a record 53 sixes in the 14 matches he has played so far this season. He is just seven steps (six) away from breaking the ‘Universe Boss’ record. If Vaibhav’s bat roars at the Mullanpur ground today and he hits seven sixes, he will become the most six-hitting batsman in an IPL season.

Will this aggressive form of glory be seen in Mullanpur?

Mullanpur’s pitch has been very useful for the batsmen this season. So, for Rajasthan Royals bowlers Glory to Suryavanshi Prevention will be a major challenge. Given the way Vaibhav is washing the bowlers, it would not be wrong to say that Chris Gayle’s ‘great record’ can be broken in Mullanpur today. It will be interesting to see if Vaibhav can etch his name forever in the pages of history by leading his team to victory in today’s ‘do or die’ match. Fans have a lot of expectations from Vaibhav and now we have to see how Vaibhav performs.

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