Rajasthan Royals batting coach Vikram Rathour shared an encouraging injury update on opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

The 15-year-old had limped off the field on Saturday, during the IPL 2026 game against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Jaipur. Sooryavanshi had earlier scored a sparkling 36-ball hundred.

“He was feeling a little bit of hamstring pain, but now he’s feeling better. So they’ve treated him, and he’s looking fine. So we’ll know in a day or so. He’s not serious, but it doesn’t look like it,” said Rathour at the post-match press conference.

Despite Sooryavanshi’s batting rampage, Royals succumbed to a five-wicket defeat to SRH. In the spotlight was a mediocre fielding effort, with the home team spilling multiple catches and giving away cheap boundaries.

Rathour admitted that Royals shot themselves in the foot with their poor fielding.

“We missed a lot of catches. So that was the turning point. When you’re playing against good teams, against good batters, you can’t afford to give them opportunities. And today, I thought we missed a couple of opportunities, and that cost us the game.”

Rathour also highlighted that Royals’ bowlers, with the exception of pacer Jofra Archer, failed in implementing the team’s plans.

“I think our execution was a little off today as a bowling unit. Jofra bowled brilliantly again today. And you could see the difference when he was bowling. But other than that, I don’t think we bowled [well], or we could execute our plans as well as we would have liked to,” added Rathour.

Published on Apr 26, 2026