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After the skies threatened to unfastened up, Rajasthan Royals produced a downpour of wickets arsenic Chennai Super Kings was consigned to a disastrous commencement successful the play opener astatine the ACA-Barsapara Stadium present connected Monday (March 30, 2026). The relentless show from the hosts’ bowlers knocked retired the visitors for 127.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi smashed a 17-ball 52, with 5 towering sixes and 4 crisp fours, arsenic the Riyan Parag-led outfit romped to an eight-wicket triumph with 47 balls to spare.
Royals drew archetypal humor aft opting to bowl. Opener Sanju Samson’s much-anticipated debut ended successful a little enactment arsenic helium was castled by a peach of a transportation from left-arm seamer Nandre Burger successful the 2nd over.
Jofra Archer made it worse for Super Kings erstwhile helium sent backmost skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad with a afloat transportation that crashed into the stumps. Ayush Mhatre fell for a aureate duck arsenic a searing abbreviated shot from Burger kissed the glove. Super Kings was reeling astatine 19 for 3 astatine that stage.
Impact Player Sarfaraz Khan counterattacked, pulling Burger for a bound done mid-wicket and lofting a magnitude shot implicit deep-midwicket.
The instauration of the ever-reliable Sandeep Sharma ended Mathew Short’s enactment arsenic helium misjudged a loopy transportation and was caught astatine mid-wicket, leaving Super Kings precariously placed astatine 41 for 4 successful the PowerPlay.
Debutant Kartik Sharma, who joined Sarfaraz, dispatched leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi implicit heavy square-leg for a maximum. Just arsenic the duo looked to rebuild, Ravindra Jadeja, playing successful pink, struck. The left-arm spinner trapped Sarfaraz successful beforehand and forced Shivam Dube to mishit to long-off.
Brijesh Sharma, making his debut for Rajasthan, had Kartik leg-before with a full-length delivery. Jamie Overton’s determined sound — 43 (36b, 2x4, 2x6) — pushed Super Kings past the 120-run mark. Once Suryavanshi emerged from the dugout, the effect was ne'er successful doubt.
