Mumbai flew in the storm of glory and glory, Rajasthan number-1 by scoring a hat-trick of victory
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RR vs MI Highlights: Rajasthan Royals scored a hat-trick of wins by defeating Mumbai Indians by 27 runs in the 13th match of IPL 2026. Batting first in this match which was played in 11-11 overs due to rain, Rajasthan Royals scored 150 runs on the board after losing three wickets. While chasing the target, Mumbai’s batting was not very happy, due to which they had to bear the brunt of the defeat. Mumbai team could reach only 123 runs at the loss of 9 wickets.

Rajasthan Royals defeated Mumbai Indians.
New Delhi. Rajasthan Royals won by 27 runs against Mumbai Indians in the 13th match of rain-affected IPL. With this, RR has scored a hat-trick of wins this season. Ryan Parag’s team has reached the top of the points table after defeating Mumbai Indians. At the same time, with its second defeat, Hardik Pandya’s Mumbai has reached seventh position. The match started quite late at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. The first ball of the match was bowled at 10:10 pm. During this period 9-9 overs were cut. After losing the toss and opting to bat, Rajasthan Royals scored 150 runs after losing 3 wickets in 11 overs. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal made a partnership of 80 runs with Vaibhav Suryavanshi in 5 overs.
Vaibhav-Jaiswal created rebellion
Vaibhav was out after scoring 39 runs in 14 balls with 5 sixes and 1 four. Dhruv Jurel, who came to bat at number three, could add only 2 runs to the team’s account. RR had lost 2 wickets by the score of 84. From here Jaiswal along with captain Riyan Parag scored 37 runs in 19 balls for the third wicket. Ryan was out after scoring 20 runs in 10 balls with 3 boundaries, after which Jaiswal made an unbroken partnership of 29 runs in 13 balls with Shimron Hetmyer for the fourth wicket, taking the team to the score of 150/3. Jaiswal remained unbeaten on 77 runs in 32 balls with 4 sixes and 10 fours, while Hetmyer scored 6 unbeaten runs in 7 balls. From the opposition camp, Ghazanfar took 2 wickets for 21 runs, while Shardul Thakur took 1 wicket.
Rajasthan Royals defeated Mumbai Indians.
RR bowlers shine after batting
In response, Mumbai Indians could score only 123 runs after losing 9 wickets in 11 overs. The bowling from Rajasthan Royals was also good. Mumbai had a bad start and wickets kept falling one after the other. This team lost the wicket of Ryan Rickleton (8) on the last ball of the first over of its innings. Till that time the team could score only 10 runs. After this, Rohit Sharma (5) along with Suryakumar Yadav (6) scored only 10 runs for the second wicket. The team kept losing wickets at regular intervals. The situation was such that by the time the score was 46, 5 wickets had fallen. From here, Sherfan Rutherford made a partnership of 47 runs in 17 balls with Naman Dheer for the sixth wicket, taking the team to the score of 93, but as soon as this partnership was broken, the team faltered again. Naman Dhir and Rutherford scored 25 runs each, but could not lead the team to victory. For Rajasthan, Nandre Berger, Sandeep Sharma and Ravi Bishnoi took 2-2 wickets, while Joffra Archer and Tushar Deshpande got 1-1 success.
RR starts with a hat-trick of wins for the third time
This is the third time that Rajasthan team started the IPL with three or more wins. In 2015, Rajasthan Royals had won the first 5 matches of IPL. At the same time, for the second time such an opportunity came in 2024, when this team had won its first four matches of the season. Even in the current season, Rajasthan team is looking in great form. Rajasthan Royals’ next match will be against defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore, who have won both their matches played so far.
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