4666: Cummins demolished by 15-year-old Indian sensation in IPL knockout game

[p]Sooryavanshi struck 30 runs off eight balls bowled by the Aussie captain overnight, including three sixes and a four in the space of four legal deliveries. [/p][p]A juicy stumps-bound half-volley during the third over of the innings, where only two fielders are allowed outside the 30-yard fielding circle, was slammed through straight mid-off for four before another was lifted over straight mid-on with the full face of the bat and some of the imperious timing Sooryavanshi is quickly becoming known for. [/p][p]The stocky teenager also carries immense core power and displayed it across the following two deliveries, when slashing a wide bouncer up and over third man for a second consecutive six and then muscling a back of a length slower ball over Cummins' head with open shoulders and a horizontal blade. [/p][embed guid="4f599c0a-745b-4dd6-b0ef-651be3f62074" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cm_Ca-j1dw" social-type="youtube" /][p]Cummins went for figures of 0-64, his worst IPL bowling figures in 80 games. [/p][p]As part of his 12 sixes from just 29 balls faced, Sooryavanshi eclipsed Chris Gayle's world record of most sixes in a single IPL tournament, with his 65 forming the base of his tournament-best 680 runs at a barely believable scoring rate of 14.57 runs per over. [/p][p]But that was not the only Chris Gayle record the youngster had his eye on overnight.[/p][p]Sooryavanshi, who recently declared Gayle's T20 record of 175 is in his sights [a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bVCi3hnba4" target="_blank"]when telling Kevin Pietersen[/a] a T20 double century is one of his career goals, was on track to beat Gayle's record of fastest IPL century (30 balls). [/p][p]He went for broke on his 29th ball faced, attacking a wide bouncer, only to lose his transfer of weight when stretching out to be caught at third man on 97. [/p][p]Sooravanshi was declared Player of the Match as his Rajasthan Royals posted 243/8 in a 47-run win. They will face Gujarat Titans for a place in the final against defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru, featuring Josh Hazlewood and Tim David. [/p]