New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals defeated Mumbai Indians by 27 runs in a rain-truncated 11-over a side contest to notch up their third successive win and soar to the top of the IPL 2026 standings in Guwahati on Tuesday.
The match at the Barsapara Stadium was delayed by more than two-and-a-half hours due to persistent rain and subsequent wet outfield though use of super soopers once the downpour halted made action possible.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi threw their bat at every ball to to take Rajasthan Royals to 150 for three once it was decided that it would be a truncated 11-over contest.
Mumbai were under the pump to chase at an asking rate of over 13 per over and were quickly reduced to 22 for three in 2.3 overs with Ryan Rickelton (8), Suryakumar Yadav (6) and Rohit Sharma (5).
It would have needed a herculean effort to win, which they couldn’t pull off instead falling to 46 for five in 5 overs, reaching 123 for nine in their allotted overs to slump to their second loss in three matches.
Once Rajasthan were asked to bat first, Jaiswal and Sooryavanshi blazed their way to 80 in five overs, 3.2 of which was designated as the powerplay overs.
Jaiswal was unbeaten on 55 off 32 balls, with 10 boundaries and four sixes while 15-year-old Sooryavanshi blasted 39 off only 14 deliveries, studded with a boundary and five sixes, including two off Jasprit Bumrah.
Once Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel (2) were dismissed in quick succession, Rajasthan skipper Riyan Parag chipped in with a 10-ball 20 rhat was marked with a boundary and two sixes.
Mumbai used as many as six bowlers for their 11 overs but none could stem the run-flow, with only Allah Ghazanfar (2/21 in two overs) getting some success.