RR beat CSK, IPL 2026: Rajasthan Royals have started the IPL 2026 season with such a resounding victory that it will scare other teams. In their first match played in Guwahati, Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in a one-sided fashion by 8 wickets. Under the leadership of new captain Riyan Parag, Rajasthan's fast bowlers bowled out Chennai for just 127 runs. After this, on the basis of young opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi's 15-ball half-century, Rajasthan registered a big victory by achieving this target in just 13 overs.

CSK shaken by the havoc of Burger-Archer

Rajasthan Royals completely dominated in this third match of IPL 2026 played on Monday, March 30. The decisions taken by Rajasthan's new captain Riyan Parag in his home ground Guwahati proved to be completely right. They won the toss and chose to bowl first. CSK top order Was defeated. Nandre Berger (2/26) and Joffra Archer (2/19) together shook Chennai's top order, from which the team could not recover. Sanju Samson, who was a hit in the T20 World Cup, could not do anything amazing against his old team and was out after scoring only 6 runs in his debut match for Chennai.

CSK had lost 5 wickets for only 51 runs, while 9 wickets had fallen for 94 runs. It seemed difficult for the team to score 100 runs but Jamie Overton saved the team from this embarrassment by playing an important inning of 43 runs. The veteran all-rounder, who was a part of CSK till last season, also played a big role in causing such a fate to Chennai by taking 2 wickets.

Vaibhav single-handedly blew up

After this, only the batting of Vaibhav Suryavanshi was awaited to see how long he would take the team to reach the target. However, all these hopes would have been dashed in the first over itself, if Karthik Sharma had taken the catch. Vaibhav, facing his first ball, played a high shot but Karthik could not catch it. After this, Vaibhav gave the second chance only after completing his half-century, for which he faced only 15 balls. Apart from Vaibhav (52 runs, 17 balls, 4 fours, 5 sixes), star opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (38) played a steady innings and led the team to victory in just 12.1 overs.

Rajasthan equalized

With this victory, Rajasthan has equalized its win figures against Chennai. There have been 32 matches between the two teams and this record is equal to 16-16. Not only this, Rajasthan has defeated Chennai for the third consecutive match since last season. Whereas since 2022 till now, Rajasthan has won 6 out of 7 matches played between the two. Chennai's only victory was in 2024.