For the primary half of Tuesday night, the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati witnessed rain at various intensities. The latter half noticed a distinct kind of downpour — a hailstorm of boundaries from the blades of Rajasthan Royals openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
The left-handed duo’s batting deluge swept away a dazed Mumbai Indians facet because the Royals sailed to a cushty 27-run win in a rain-truncated IPL 2026 match right here within the wee hours of Wednesday.
The triumph lifted the Royals to the highest of the standings following their third successive win, whereas it was a second defeat on the trot for MI.
Earlier, an intense afternoon thunderstorm, adopted by on-and-off drizzle, had threatened to nip the sport within the bud.
However the climate relented round 9 PM, permitting the bottom workers to salvage an 11-over shootout, which proved to be as enthralling as a full-fledged sport.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi welcomed Jasprit Bumrah with a six over fine-leg to start his 39-run blitz.
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RITU RAJ KONWAR
Vaibhav Suryavanshi welcomed Jasprit Bumrah with a six over fine-leg to start his 39-run blitz.
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RITU RAJ KONWAR
Jaiswal lit the fuse for the batting carnival with a surprising first-over takedown of Deepak Chahar that yielded 22 runs after MI skipper Hardik Pandya gained the toss.
From the opposite finish, Suryavanshi confirmed no indicators of nerves in his much-hyped-up face-off with Jasprit Bumrah. In actual fact, the 15-year-old welcomed the MI pacer with a six – a sure-footed whip over lengthy on. He backed it up by getting inside the road and pulling Bumrah over sq. leg for one more most.
Jaiswal and Suryavanshi have been on a single-minded offensive cost, taking up all MI bowlers alike, depositing them to all components of the bottom.
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By the point Shardul Thakur had caught Suryavanshi caught at deep further cowl, the Royals openers had already racked up 80 from simply 5 overs.
Jaiswal, although, continued along with his flamboyant shot-making methods to carry up his second consecutive fifty because the Royals rocketed to 150.
The required-run-rate stress didn’t take too lengthy to impair MI’s response — the visiting facet misplaced a wicket every in its first three overs.
Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi’s two-wicket burst within the fifth over successfully shut the door for the visiting facet within the contest that quickly wound up within the Royals’ favour.
Printed on Apr 08, 2026