Openers Jaiswal, Sooryavanshi blitz Bumrah's Mumbai

Opening pair Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi overwhelmed Mumbai Indians with their power-hitting and led Rajasthan Royals to their third straight win in a rain-curtailed Indian Premier League match.

In a match reduced to 11-overs-a-side, Rajasthan plundered 3-150 and cruised to a 27-run win after Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.

Jaiswal hit an unbeaten 77 off 32 balls, with 10 fours and four sixes, and 15-year-old Sooryavanshi made a 14-ball 39, including a first-ball six over mid-on off premier fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah.

Earlier, it looked as if the much-anticipated clash between Sooryavanshi and Bumrah might not happen as the Super Soppers struggled to clear the heavy rain. The match eventually started after a two-hour delay.

Mumbai's chase was dashed inside the 20-ball Powerplay when Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma all fell for single-digit scores to Rajasthan's quicks. They eventually finished on 9-123.

Mumbai lost the top three for just 22 runs and then further slipped to 5-46 when impact substitute leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi (2-25) bagged the wickets of Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma in his first over.

Mumbai's impact substitute Sherfane Rutherford and Naman Dhir played cameos of 25 runs each, but Rajasthan did enough damage up front through Jofra Archer (1-17), Nandre Burger (2-21) and Sandeep Sharma (2-26) to seal their third straight win.

Rajasthan top the table with three straight wins while Mumbai remain in the bottom half of the table with two points.

Jaiswal gave the Royals a rollicking start with a 22-run first over as the left-hander smacked Deepak Chahar for four boundaries and a pulled six over mid-wicket.

Sooryavanshi didn't appear overawed while facing Bumrah for the first time in competitive cricket and lofted the world's best pace bowler for a straight six. Two balls later he picked up a slower ball for another six over square leg.

Jaiswal ensured Rajasthan got to well over-par score with another 22-run over against Trent Boult as he smashed back-to-back sixes while Sooryavanshi deposited the New Zealand left-armer's shortish delivery over the rope at deep backward square leg as Rajasthan raced to 58 off three overs.

Pandya (0-17) stemmed the flow of runs with a four-run fourth over before Shardul Thakur brought an end to an entertaining 80-run opening stand off just 30 balls. Sooryavanshi was distraught when he holed out to deep cover as Varma jumped high and grabbed a good catch over his head.

Afghanistan spinner AM Ghazanfar (2-21) and Bumrah (0-32) tried to limit the damage but Jaiswal raised his half-century off 23 balls and then hit three boundaries in Thakur's last over to give Rajasthan an imposing total.

IPL 2026 standings

Team	Matches played M	Wins W	Losses L	Ties T	No results N/R	Net Run Rate NRR	Deductions Ded.	Total points PTS
1 Punjab Kings KXI	8	6	1	0	1	1.043	0	13
2 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Men RCB	8	6	2	0	0	1.919	0	12
3 Sunrisers Hyderabad SUN	9	6	3	0	0	0.832	0	12
4 Rajasthan Royals RAJ	9	6	3	0	0	0.617	0	12
5 Gujarat Titans GUT	8	4	4	0	0	-0.475	0	8
6 Chennai Super Kings CSK	8	3	5	0	0	-0.121	0	6
7 Delhi Capitals Men DEL	8	3	5	0	0	-1.06	0	6
8 Kolkata Knight Riders KKR	8	2	5	0	1	-0.751	0	5
9 Mumbai Indians MI	8	2	6	0	0	-0.784	0	4
10 Lucknow Super Giants LSG	8	2	6	0	0	-1.106	0	4

Legend

M: Matches played

W: Wins

L: Losses

T: Ties

N/R: No results

NRR: Net Run Rate

Ded.: Deductions

PTS: Total points

Australians in IPL 2026

Chennai Super Kings: Matt Short ($255k), Spencer Johnson ($255k, replaces Nathan Ellis ($340k))

Delhi Capitals: Mitchell Starc ($2m)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Josh Hazlewood ($2.13m), Tim David ($510k)

Punjab Kings: Marcus Stoinis ($1.9m), Ben Dwarshuis ($745k), Mitchell Owen ($510k), Cooper Connolly ($510k), Xavier Bartlett ($136k)

Kolkata Knight Riders: Cameron Green ($3.5m)

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins ($3.5m), Travis Head ($2.38m), Jack Edwards ($510k, withdrawn)

Lucknow Super Giants: Josh Inglis ($1.49m), Mitchell Marsh ($578k)