IPL 2026: Sooryavanshi blitzkrieg derails RCB's unbeaten run as RR continue to cement top spot
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IPL 2026: Sooryavanshi blitzkrieg derails RCB's unbeaten run as RR continue to cement top spot Photograph: (IPL)
Playing at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 78 off 26 and Dhruv Jurel’s unbeaten 81 saw Rajasthan Royals end Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) unbeaten run in the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026).
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi produced another batting masterclass in the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) on Friday (April 10) as Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by six wickets. Playing at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, Sooryavanshi’s 78 off 26 and Dhruv Jurel’s unbeaten 81 saw RR end RCB’s unbeaten run. On the other hand, RR’s win saw them sit comfortably at the top of the standings with four wins in four matches.
Sooryavanshi wreaks havoc
Sooryavanshi raced to his half-century from just 15 deliveries, hammering eight fours and seven towering sixes during his 26-ball 78. He also hit a 15-ball fifty in the Royals' opener against Chennai Super Kings.
The teen prodigy found an able ally in Dhruv Jurel, helping Rajasthan make light work of Bengaluru's competitive 201/8. That score represented a huge recovery orchestrated by skipper Rajat Patidar after the defending champions slumped to 125/7 in 14 overs. After dispatching the experienced Bhuvneshwar Kumar for two fours in the first over of the chase, the left-handed Sooryavanshi laid into Josh Hazlewood, the Australian fast bowler making his first appearance of the season.
Sooryavanshi took three fours and a six off Hazlewood's second over, making sure Rajasthan did not suffer from the loss of Yashasvi Jaiswal, his opening partner, with 21 on the board. Jurel, who finished unbeaten on 81, matched Sooryavanshi stroke for stroke during a second-wicket stand of 108, which came off just 37 deliveries.
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By the time he was caught at long-on off left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya, Sooryavanshi had grabbed the Orange Cap as the season's leading run-scorer, ahead of Jaiswal.
Pandya dismissed Shimron Hetmyer on the first ball and Hazlewood had Rajasthan skipper Riyan Parag caught at long-on, but Jurel and seasoned left-hander Ravindra Jadeja weathered the loss of three wickets for five runs in 10 deliveries with a measured fifth-wicket stand of 68.
What happened in RCB innings?
Earlier, when play began 70 minutes late due to persistent showers, Bengaluru were rocked by the first-ball dismissal of Phil Salt, caught behind off a snorter from England teammate Jofra Archer. Virat Kohli played several handsome strokes while making 32 off 16 until he was bowled by a googly from Ravi Bishnoi.
Bishnoi, Archer and Brijesh Sharma took two wickets apiece to peg Bengaluru back when Patidar stepped up. The skipper was 27 off 26 deliveries when Romario Shepherd was the seventh batter dismissed. In the company of impact substitute Venkatesh Iyer, Patidar put on an exhibition of stroke-making, dominating the eighth-wicket stand of 41 before falling for 63 off 40 deliveries.
