Jaiswal and Sooryavanshi power Rajasthan Royals to 27-run win over Mumbai Indians in Guwahati
Rain in Guwahati did its best to wreck the night, then handed Rajasthan Royals the kind of stage their top order has been waiting for. By the time the umpires got the players out at Barsapara, the contest had been hacked down to 11 overs a side, and the Royals needed only the first five of those to bury Mumbai Indians.
Hardik Pandya won the toss and asked Rajasthan to bat. The decision lasted about thirty seconds before the visiting pacers were running back to the top of their marks with one wide grin and one furrowed brow. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi added 80 inside the powerplay, leaving Mumbai chasing the game before they had really started bowling it.
Sooryavanshi greets Bumrah with two over the rope
The headline act was the 15-year-old. Sooryavanshi faced Jasprit Bumrah for the first time in the IPL and flicked his very first ball over long-on for six. Three deliveries later he did it again. By the time he was finally dismissed for 39 off 14 balls, he had picked up five sixes, and the Mumbai bowlers were checking the scoreboard to make sure it was real.
Jaiswal carried on at the other end, raising his fifty in 23 deliveries and finishing unbeaten on 77 from 32. It was his 17th IPL half-century and his second in a row, and it lifted Rajasthan to 150 for 3 from their 11 overs.
Pandya holds firm but the rest leak runs
Mumbai's reply never threatened. Their top order lost early wickets and the asking rate climbed out of reach almost immediately. Pandya was the standout with the ball at the death, conceding only 17 from his two overs, but the rest of the attack found nothing reliable on a surface that played beautifully under the lights.
The chase ended at 123 for 9, a 27-run defeat that deepens what is fast becoming a familiar pattern for Mumbai in IPL 2026. Their batters have looked rushed every time the game has demanded composure, and Sooryavanshi's assault on Bumrah is the sort of early-innings damage that does not come out of the wash easily.
Royals keep their record intact
Rajasthan stay unbeaten and have now leaned on a different match-winner in almost every game so far. Riyan Parag's middle order, Jofra Archer's new ball, and now an opening pair that produced one of the most memorable five-over passages of the season. The squad looks balanced in a way it rarely has in recent years.
Mumbai head off with plenty to think about, and a longer night than they expected after the rain finally stopped.
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