The Rajasthan Royals kept their tournament alive by chasing down a huge target to beat the Lucknow Super Giants by seven wickets at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on May 19, 2026. Rajasthan reached 225 for 3 in 19.1 overs after Lucknow put up a large total of 220 for 5 in their 20 overs.
This win broke a three-match losing streak for Rajasthan, lifting them into fourth place on the points table with 14 points and a .083 net run rate. The result pushed the Punjab Kings down to fifth place, while Lucknow remained stuck in ninth place with eight points and fell completely out of playoff contention.
Lucknow started strong after Rajasthan stand-in captain Yashasvi Jaiswal won the toss and chose to bowl first. Mitchell Marsh smashed 96 runs off 57 balls, and Josh Inglis hit a quick 60 off 29 balls. The duo put together a 109-run opening partnership to lay the foundation before Rajasthan picked up late wickets to contain the scoring.
Rajasthan went after the target early, despite missing Riyan Parag from the lineup and Ravindra Jadeja due to a niggle. Jaiswal led from the front with 43 off 23 balls, but the chase belonged to 15-year-old batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. The teenager blasted 93 runs off just 38 balls, including 10 sixes and seven fours, to put Rajasthan in control according to a detailed match report by India Today.
Sooryavanshi struggled initially, scoring just five runs off his first eight deliveries, before launching an assault on Mayank Yadav and Akash Singh. During this innings, the young left-hander crossed the 500-run mark for the season, overtaking Rishabh Pant’s 2018 milestone to become the youngest player in tournament history to reach 500 runs in a single year. The knock also put him at the top of the Orange Cap standings.
Dhruv Jurel finished the job with an unbeaten 53 off 38 balls to secure the victory with five balls to spare. During the final overs, commentator Sunil Gavaskar took a swipe at Lucknow bowler Akash Singh, who gave away 48 runs in 17 balls. Gavaskar questioned where Singh’s viral paper-slip celebration went and called for a bit of humility on live television.