Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Riyan Parag's animated chat after missing 100 goes viral

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi may have lit up Mullanpur with another breathtaking innings in IPL 2026, but it was his reaction after the performance that caught the attention of fans on social media. Moments after agonizingly falling short of a century against Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2, the Rajasthan Royals youngster was seen having an animated conversation with captain Riyan Parag in the basement.

The footage soon went viral on social media, with fans interpreting the exchange as Riyan Parag having a serious talk with a dejected Vaibhav. Sooryavanshi after his release in 96.

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For the third time in his last four IPL innings, the 15-year-old found himself stuck in the nineties. Sooryavanshi, who had already missed out on a hundred with a score of 97 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator, came within touching distance of the landmark again, losing by four runs.

Sooryavanshi looked visibly disappointed as he made his way back to the dugout. Soon after, broadcast cameras showed Parago in an animated discussion with the young man, who listened intently during the conversation.

HOW SOORYAVANSHI MISSED OUT ON ANOTHER IPL HUNDRED

Coming into the match fresh off his stunning 97 off 29 balls against SRH, Sooryavanshi faced a very different challenge against Gujarat Titans.

Mohammed Siraj and Kagiso Rabada started with disciplined lines and lengths, preventing the youngster from launching one of his signature early attacks. His first six didn’t come until the 13th ball he faced, an unusually cautious start by his standards.

With Rajasthan Royals losing Yashasvi Jaiswal for 1 and Dhruv Jurel for 7, Gujarat seemed to gain early control of the contest.

But Sooryavanshi slowly shifted the pace.

A 21-run over against Siraj helped relieve the pressure and allowed Rajasthan to regain the initiative. He brought up his fifty in 31 balls, the slowest half-century of his IPL career, before exploding through the middle overs.

Once Ravindra Jadeja settled in at the other end, the teenager changed gears dramatically. He smashed 46 runs from his next 15 deliveries, dismantled the Gujarat attack and raced into the nineties.

He also rewrote several records in the innings. He became the fastest batsman to 1,000 IPL runs from balls faced, reaching the milestone in just 440 deliveries and became the first player in T20 history to score 500 overs in a single tournament.

A third IPL century seemed inevitable as he neared the milestone.

Instead, Sooryavanshi fell for 96 after facing 47 balls, leaving the crowd stunned and the youngster visibly disappointed. The dismissal also made him only the fifth player in IPL history to be dismissed thrice in the 1990s, joining KL Rahul, David Warner, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Glenn Maxwell.

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Issued by:

Debodinna Chakraborty

Published on:

29 May 2026 23:24 IST