Rajasthan Royals (RR) chased 202 in 18 overs to secure a 6 wicket win over RCB in IPL 2026, powered by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 78 and Dhruv Jurel’s 81*.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) completed a strong run chase to win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by 6 wickets in IPL 2026 at Guwahati. They chased 202 in 18 overs with 2 overs remaining.
Captain Riyan Parag had won the toss and chosen to bowl first. Royal Challengers Bengaluru posted 201/8 in 20 overs after recovering from early setbacks. Phil Salt fell on the first ball. Virat Kohli scored 32 off 16 before getting bowled in the 5th over. Devdutt Padikkal added 14 but could not convert his start.
Rajat Patidar led the recovery with 63 off 40 balls, hitting 4 fours and 4 sixes. He held the innings together until the 18th over. Romario Shepherd scored 22 off 11, while Venkatesh Iyer made 29 off 15 with 2 sixes.
For RR, Ravi Bishnoi returned 2/32 in 4 overs with an economy of 8.0. Brijesh Sharma took 2/37 in 4 overs. Jofra Archer picked 2/33 in 3 overs.
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Rajasthan Royals started aggressively in the chase. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dominated with 78 off 26 balls at a strike rate of 300. He hit 8 fours and 7 sixes before falling to Krunal Pandya. Sooryavanshi added 108 runs for the second wicket with Dhruv Jurel in just 37 balls. The partnership shifted the game completely.
Dhruv Jurel stayed unbeaten on 81 off 43 balls with 8 fours and 3 sixes at a strike rate of 188, guiding RR to their win. Ravindra Jadeja supported him with 24 not out off 25 balls.
For RCB, Krunal Pandya took 2/30 in 4 overs and Josh Hazlewood finished with 2/44 in 4 overs. Rajasthan Royals closed the chase comfortably with 2 overs to spare.
Does Vaibhav suryavanshi targets big bowlers purposely?
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 10, 2026
I like to think so.
15 yr old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smacking grown men around like its child's play
— Tabraiz Shamsi (@shamsi90) April 10, 2026
Its scary how good he is 🤯
…his next challenge will be how he handles the weight of expectation when everyone starts expecting him to do this and score runs ALL THE TIME!
While all eyes are on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the player at the other end has played a gorgeous, classy innings. I love watching Dhruv Jurel.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 10, 2026
Wow – WOW – WOWOW
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) April 10, 2026
Vaibhav!!!!!! 💥💥💥💥
Rajasthan will be in this years IPL final !
— Angelo Mathews (@Angelo69Mathews) April 10, 2026
You need a Dhruv Jurel as much as you need a Jaiswal and Sooryavanshi. Makes batting look so so beautiful – Even in this format. In And sending him at 3 is maximising that to the fullest .. #RRvRCB
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) April 10, 2026
The Rajasthan Royals traditionally have a smaller fan base than some of the larger city based franchises.
— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) April 10, 2026
But just like Sachin did for MI, and MSD and Virat do now for their franchises, there will be supporters from other cities who will start supporting the Royals just because…
What's India's next T20I series?! Get Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in. Anyhow.
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) April 10, 2026
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