For the first half of Tuesday evening, the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati witnessed rain at varying intensities. The latter part saw a different sort 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 side as the Royals sailed to a comfortable 27-run win in a rain-truncated IPL 2026 match here in the wee hours of Wednesday.

The triumph lifted the Royals to the top of the standings following their third successive win, while it was a second defeat on the trot for MI.

Earlier, an intense afternoon thunderstorm, followed by on-and-off drizzle, had threatened to nip the game in the bud.

But the weather relented around 9 PM, allowing the ground staff to salvage an 11-over shootout, which proved to be as enthralling as a full-fledged game.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi welcomed Jasprit Bumrah with a six over fine-leg to begin his 39-run blitz. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR

Jaiswal lit the fuse for the batting carnival with a stunning first-over takedown of Deepak Chahar that yielded 22 runs after MI skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss.

From the other end, Suryavanshi showed no signs of nerves in his much-hyped-up face-off with Jasprit Bumrah. In fact, the 15-year-old welcomed the MI pacer with a six – a sure-footed whip over long on. He backed it up by getting inside the line and pulling Bumrah over square leg for another maximum.

Jaiswal and Suryavanshi were on a single-minded offensive charge, taking on all MI bowlers alike, depositing them to all parts of the ground.

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By the time Shardul Thakur had caught Suryavanshi caught at deep extra cover, the Royals openers had already racked up 80 from just five overs.

Jaiswal, though, continued with his flamboyant shot-making ways to bring up his second consecutive fifty as the Royals rocketed to 150.

The required-run-rate pressure didn’t take too long to impair MI’s response — the visiting side lost a wicket each in its first three overs.

Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi’s two-wicket burst in the fifth over effectively shut the door for the visiting side in the contest that soon wound up in the Royals’ favour.

Published on Apr 08, 2026