JAIPUR, India — Rajasthan Royals teenage star Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s hit an entertaining knock of 93 runs with 10 sixes against Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday to keep his team in contention for the final Indian Premier League playoff spot.The 15-year-old Sooryavanshi also smashed seven fours in his boundary-loaded 38-ball innings as Rajasthan cruised to 225-3 in 19.1 overs for seven-wicket win.Mitchell Marsh (96) had earlier missed out on a hundred but the Australian opener’s century first-wicket stand with his countryman Josh Inglis (60) had carried Lucknow to 220-5 after Rajasthan’s stand-in captain Yashasvi Jaiswal won the toss and elected to field.Rajasthan overtook Punjab Kings at No. 4 on the points table behind three teams that have already qualified for the playoffs: Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad. “I always knew I could hit anytime and didn’t want to rush at all,” Sooryavanshi said. “I don’t read papers and all, I just think this is the start and if I have a long career, then a lot of things will be said. I just want to focus on my game.”Rajasthan could seal the final playoff spot if they beat Mumbai Indians in their last league game.“Everyone put the hard yards and worked really well,” Jaiswal said after leading his side to victory in the absence of injured regular captain Riyan Parag. “The way Vaibhav batted, (he) absolutely killed the game … we knew it was going to be a big score on this pitch.”Unlike his aggressive style of batting f …
