In a brilliant display of power-hitting, the Rajasthan Royals (RR) opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi And Dhruv Jurel It helped his team chase down Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)’s 201/8 with two overs to spare at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium. The six-wicket win extended RR’s unbeaten streak to four matches, while handing defending champions RCB their first defeat of IPL 2026.
RCB innings: Rajat Patidar’s rescue act after top-order collapse
After winning the toss and deciding to bowl first, Rajasthan’s new bowlers attacked strongly in the beginning. Joffra Archer dismissed Phil Salt for a golden duck on the very first ball of the innings. Virat Kohli (32 off 16) counter-attacked and added 45 runs with Devdutt Padikkal (14) with the help of seven fours. However, Ravi Bishnoi turned the tide of the match by dismissing Kohli and Krunal Pandya (1) in quick succession.
RCB slipped to 76/5 with the dismissal of Jitesh Sharma (5) and soon Tim David (13) was out, taking their score to 94/6. After this, captain Rajat Patidar, playing the captaincy innings, scored 63 runs (4 fours, 4 sixes) in 40 balls. He was supported by Romario Shepherd (22 off 11) and Venkatesh Iyer (29* off 15), who added 41 runs in the last three overs to take RCB to 201/8. For RR, Bishnoi (2/32), Archer (2/33), and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) were the bowlers.
Chase: Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel Blitz
Chasing 202 runs, Rajasthan lost the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal (13) early. But then came uncapped Indian opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who played a explosive innings. He scored 78 runs including 8 fours and 7 sixes in just 26 balls at a tremendous strike rate of 300. They tore apart the RCB pace attack, especially Abhinandan Singh who gave away 18 runs in his only over and Romario Shepherd who gave away 18 runs in his only over.
Suryavanshi added 108 runs in just 37 balls for the second wicket with Dhruv Jurel, who played the role of the perfect anchor. Jurel remained unbeaten on 81 runs from 43 balls (8 fours, 3 sixes), rotating the strike and hitting boundaries at will. After Suryavanshi fell to Krunal Pandya, and Shimron Hetmyer (0) and Ryan Parag (3) were out cheaply, Jurel and Ravindra Jadeja (24 not out off 25) chased down the target with 12 balls to spare.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Take the bow, Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
– 78 (26 runs) with 8 fours and 7 sixes while chasing 202 against RCB in Guwahati. Vaibhav’s breathtaking innings, at the age of 15, created a stir at the box office. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/9vT0uaHZYv
– Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) 10 April 2026
Another day, another brilliant performance from 15 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi#Cricket #RRVRCB #IPL2026 pic.twitter.com/2Qf1826qyF
– CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) 10 April 2026
Vaibhav Suryavanshi in IPL
First ball vs Bumrah – 6
1st ball vs Bhuvi- 4
First ball vs Shardul- 6
First ball vs Washington- 6
First ball vs Arshdeep- 4
1st ball vs Hazlewood – 4unreal talent, unreal blow pic.twitter.com/XGQT8SnR4u
– Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) 10 April 2026
Watch Josh Hazlewood and Virat Kohli’s reaction when Vaibhav Suryavanshi hits them for two consecutive sixes!!😭❤🔥
Brother is a real nightmare for RCB!!😅💯
– Gilfeed⁷ (@Gill_Iss) 10 April 2026
“If I am 15 years old, I will make fifty in 15 balls” – Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 2026
– Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) 10 April 2026
15 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel cooked RCB.🥶 pic.twitter.com/BSscQhs3na
– Cricket Central (@CricketCentral) 10 April 2026
Dhruv Jurel scored the winning runs for RR#Cricket #IPL2026 #RRVRCB #crickettwitter pic.twitter.com/KvpWYVO353
– CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) 10 April 2026
Vaibhav Suryavanshi single-handedly destroyed the mighty RCB. He faced Josh Hazlewood for the first time and scored 19 runs in just 5 balls.
After Vaibhav’s dismissal, Dhruv Jurel bowled out RCB and achieved the target of 202 runs in just 18 overs.#RRvsRCB pic.twitter.com/RfBgeElnFp
– Ajay Jadeja (@AjayJadeja171) 10 April 2026
Fifty vs GT.
Fifty vs RCB.Dhruv Jurel, finding the best spot and making it worthwhile, shows why selectors always trust him ↓#IPL2026#kohli #vaibhav#RCBVSRR pic.twitter.com/MmuchiHRss
– Harshit Vats (@Class9Scholar) 10 April 2026
Dhruv Jurel ruined New Kamar’s career 😭➡
Very eager to join bowler dinda academy 🤪 pic.twitter.com/1E7ZZdtNfZ
– Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) 10 April 2026
Rajasthan Royals beat RCB in Guwahati
Dhruv Jurel played a match-winning inning of unbeaten 81 runs on 43 balls.
One of the best innings of his IPL career#RRvsRCB #VaibhavSuryavanshi #VaibhavSuryavanshi#DhurvJurel pic.twitter.com/FW4mgt1lyb
– MK Sharma ✍️ (@EmediaManoj) 10 April 2026
