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.