Rajasthan Royals’ star batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a stormy inning of 93 runs against LSG in IPL 2026. After his fifty, he celebrated by making ‘A’, the secret of which has now been revealed. He dedicated this celebration to his mother, whose name starts with the letter ‘A’.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) got an impressive seven-wicket win against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Tuesday, May 20. Young batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who was the hero of this victory, has now explained the reason behind his special celebration.
This young batsman played a stormy innings of 93 runs in just 38 balls, which included 10 sixes and 7 fours. His strike rate was 244.74. Thanks to his innings, the Royals achieved the big target of 221 runs with five balls remaining and kept their playoff hopes alive. Suryavanshi completed his fourth fifty of this season in just 23 balls, which is the slowest fifty of his IPL career. The special thing is that Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 88 runs out of 93 only from boundaries. This means that approximately 94.6% of the runs in his innings came from fours and sixes. This shows how much he dominated the LSG bowlers.
What is the meaning of Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s ‘A’ celebration?
Vaibhav not only made the Jaipur audience crazy with his batting, but one more thing caught everyone’s attention. That was his unique celebration after completing his fourth fifty in this season of IPL. After taking one run to complete his fifty, Suryavanshi took off his gloves and made an ‘A’ sign with his fingers and pointed towards the dugout. The gesture immediately sparked curiosity among fans and commentators. When Murali Karthik asked him about this after the match, the young batsman shyly avoided it and said that it had no special meaning, he just did it.
But the real and heart-touching truth came out after the presentation, when RR manager Romi Bhinder got the young batsman to spill the beans in a backstage clip. Suryavanshi revealed that the ‘A’ gesture was for his mother and he did not want to reveal it in front of everyone so as not to attract attention.
“I dedicated this to my mom, her name starts with ‘A’. I didn’t want to tell everyone because I wanted to continue this, but it was actually for her.” Suryavanshi said in a video posted by RR.
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Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s mother’s name is Aarti Suryavanshi and she has undoubtedly been his biggest supporter in his cricket career. This gesture to the mother represents a beautiful bridge between a dangerous boundary-hitting batsman on the field and a polite 15-year-old boy off the field.
How was Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s performance in IPL 2026?
Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been one of the best performers with the bat in IPL 2026. After a successful debut season last year, the RR star has established himself as a dangerous opener, showing intelligence and strength beyond his years.
In the first five matches, Suryavanshi scored 52, 31, 39, 78, and 0, making a total of 200 runs. During this period his average was 40 and strike rate was 202.20. This 15-year-old boy played an important role in RR winning the first four matches.
In the next 8 matches, the young batsman scored 46, 8, 103, 43, 4, 36, 46, and 93. In these matches, he added 379 runs at an average of 47.37 and strike rate of 224.26. Not only was his strike rate excellent, his number of runs also kept increasing, further cementing his place as the most explosive young talent of IPL 2026.
With his inning of 93 runs against Lucknow Super Giants, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has returned to the top in the Orange Cap race. He has scored 579 runs in 13 matches at an average of 44.53 and strike rate of 236.32, which includes one century and 3 half-centuries. Out of total runs, Suryavanshi has scored 518 runs with the help of 53 sixes and 50 fours. This means that around 89.4% of his runs have come from boundaries.