Young Bats Rajasthan Royals (RR) openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi wowed the spectators with their scorcher batting in the IPL 2026 game against Mumbai Indians (MI) at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, on Tuesday, April 7. Rain had caused the game to be cut to 11-over-a-side.
The rain gods relented after a long time but it was raining sixes when asked to bat first RR. The innings kicked off with Jaiswal smashing 22 runs from the opening over off Deepak Chahar’s bowling.
Hardik Pandya, the MI skipper, then unleashed his pace weapon Jasprit Bumrah into the attack. But it was not to be and Vaibhav Suryavanshi greeted the speedster with a first ball six.
The RR openers had a score of 59 runs in the 3.2-over powerplay. The two left-handed batters added 80 runs off just 30 balls for the first wicket. The reaction of some of their fans to their stand on X:
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashaswi Jaiswal watching each other's batting
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— Abhishek (@MSDianAbhiii) April 7, 2026Jaiswal & Sooryavanshi playing as if they're playing a video game on easy mode! What a talent!#RRvMI #IPL2026
— Vighnesh Kumar (@VighneshKumarG) April 7, 2026This is a mad mad opening pair.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smash team fifty in just 16 delivers and that against Chahar, Bumrah, Boult.
— Omkar Mankame (@Oam_16) April 7, 2026Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is just 15 YEARS OLD. Read that again. Striking at 278 with 5 sixes against Boult, Bumrah, and Chahar?! Jaiswal is already a beast, but this kid is unbelievable. Absolute carnage from the RR openers. 🥵🔥 #RRvsMI
— Dilip (@ImDilip_45) April 7, 2026Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi playing EA sports cricket 2007 🤪
— DanielMayu (@ChhabraC9366657) April 7, 2026this is madness from both the batter and this to a good bowling unit wow salute to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal#mivsrr
— Cricket fan (@Cricketpremi123) April 7, 2026It is notable that Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal have not been sacked as of yet in the powerplay of this season.
Shardul Thakur breaks RR’s opening partnership after conceding 18 runs in fifth over
Shardul Thakur, who is a MI pacer, broke the threatening first-wicket partnership to take the first wicket of his team. He got off to a bad start and was struck by Vaibhav Suryavanshi two sixes and one four.
But he was able to achieve the breakthrough on the last ball of the over. Suryavanshi went for another big one on the off side. He seemed to have hit it quite well, but didn’t get the elevation and was caught by Tilak Varma at deep extra cover.
The 15-year-old also scored 39 off 14 balls and had five sixes and a four, and he had a staggering strike rate of 278.57. RR went on to score 150/3 in 11 overs. Jaiswal performed best with the bat as he was not beaten and he scored 77 on 32 balls. Skipper Riyan Parag contributed with a 20-run cameo out of 10 balls. Allah Ghazanfar picked up two wickets for MI.
