Vaibhav Suryavanshi's storm after lethal bowling, Rajasthan Royals defeated CSK by 8 wickets, made a winning start in IPL 2026

New Delhi: After tight bowling, Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets with Vaibhav Suryavanshi's stormy fifty. In this way the Rajasthan team started the Indian Premier League 2026 with victory. Rajasthan captain Riyan Parag won the toss and asked CSK to bat first at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. Batting first, CSK was restricted to the score of 127 runs. In response, Rajasthan team won the match by scoring 128 runs in 12.1 overs.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who came to open the innings against CSK, achieved the feat of scoring the third fastest fifty in IPL history in just 15 balls. However, Vaibhav got a lease of life in the very first over when Karthik Sharma dropped his catch on the ball of Matt Henry. Taking advantage of this gift of life, Vaibhav broke the back of CSK bowlers by batting in a explosive manner. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was out after scoring 52 runs in 17 balls, which included 5 sixes and 4 fours. During this time, he also got excellent support from his senior colleague Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Vaibhav made a partnership of 75 runs with Yashasvi

Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a half-century for Rajasthan and also made a partnership of 75 runs with Yashasvi Jaiswal for Rajasthan. Yashasvi contributed only 18 runs in this partnership. With the half-century partnership between these two, Rajasthan Royals' victory was almost confirmed in the powerplay itself. For Rajasthan, Yashasvi Jaiswal played an inning of 38 runs in 36 balls. In this innings he hit 3 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, Dhruv Jurel, who came to bat at number three, also contributed 18 runs in 9 balls. Whereas captain Riyan Parag played an inning of 14 runs in 11 balls.

CSK's batting was poor in the match

CSK's batting was very disappointing in the match against Rajasthan Royals. After the pitch remained covered for some time due to rain, Rajasthan captain Riyan Parag won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be completely correct. CSK had lost four wickets in the power play in front of Rajasthan's consistent bowling. After this the Chennai team could not make a comeback, although Jamie Overton played a useful inning of 43 runs in 36 balls.

Talking about bowling from Rajasthan side, medium pace bowler Brijesh Sharma took the wicket of Karthik Sharma (18) on his debut. Archer, Berger and Jadeja performed brilliantly for Rajasthan by taking two wickets each. In this way, Rajasthan bowlers had complete dominance in the match.