The rain delayed kick-off by over two and a half hours in Guwahati, but Yashasvi Jaiswal wasn't about to let the weather steal the show. The left-hander unleashed absolute carnage in a rain-curtailed 11-over shootout, blazing an unbeaten 77 off just 32 balls to fire Rajasthan Royals to 150 for 3 and a comfortable 27-run demolition of Mumbai Indians.
The tone was set inside the first 20 balls. Jaiswal ripped into Deepak Chahar for 22 in the opening over — four boundaries and a six — while teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi showed zero fear against Jasprit Bumrah on the other end. The 15-year-old launched Bumrah for two sixes in his very first encounter with the pace king, collecting 13 off five deliveries. By the end of the shortened powerplay, RR had already raced to 59 without loss. Sooryavanshi eventually fell to Shardul Thakur for a blistering 39 off 14, but the damage was well and truly done.
Jaiswal, who owns a feast-or-famine record against MI with two centuries and five single-digit scores in previous meetings, was firmly in feast mode. He reached fifty off 23 balls, clobbered Bumrah for a straight six, and plundered three fours off Shardul in the final over. AM Ghazanfar's mystery spin accounted for Dhruv Jurel and Riyan Parag, but nothing could slow the Jaiswal express.
Mumbai's chase never got off the ground. Jofra Archer struck early, and the combined squeeze of Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Burger, and Ravi Bishnoi — who grabbed two wickets each — strangled MI to 123 for 9. Shubman Dhir and Sherfane Rutherford top-scored with 25 apiece, but neither could generate the momentum needed against a near-14 required rate. RR moved to the summit of the points table with three wins from three, while MI slumped to a second straight defeat.
