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04/10 14:32 CDT Suryavanshi and Jurel blitz Bengaluru to keep Rajasthan
unbeaten in IPL
Suryavanshi and Jurel blitz Bengaluru to keep Rajasthan unbeaten in IPL
GUWAHATI, India (AP) --- Another breathtaking innings by 15-year-old Vaibhav
Suryavanshi led unbeaten Rajasthan Royals to comfortably overhaul titleholder
Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League on Friday.
Bengaluru recovered from 125-7 in the 14th over to set a decent target of 202.
But Suryavanshi's 78, including another 15-ball half-century, and Dhruv Jurel's
unbeaten 81 off 43 balls drove Rajasthan to 202-4 and a six-wicket victory with
two overs to spare.
Suryavanshi rocketed the chase with 70 in a stand of 108 off 37 balls with
Jurel. They were 97-1 after the powerplay.
Bengaluru threw test bowlers Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar at him and
the kid tore them apart. Suryavanshi got off the mark with a boundary by
squeezing a yorker back past Kumar, and welcomed Hazlewood's first ball of the
season with a six over deep backward point. Hazlewood's second over was tagged
by Suryavanshi for 4-4-4-6.
The youngster smashed seven sixes and eight boundaries at a strike rate of 300
in his second fifty of the young season.
By the time he was caught at long on, and the crowd rose to applaud his
spectacular effort, the chase was as good as over at 129-2 in the ninth over.
Jurel then combined with Ravindra Jadeja to finish the inevitable. Jurel's
second fifty this season included three sixes and eight boundaries.
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