RR vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel’s whirlwind stand keeps RR’s unbeaten run intact

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: Wickets keep falling! Good first over thus far from Brijesh, but this is a slice of luck – stays low, takes Jitesh by surprise, and that looks very plumb. RCB don’t go for the review – it’s 76/5 now!

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: Wickets keep tumbling! Bishnoi gets his second of the night, what a tournament he’s having – Krunal dances down and tries to smack it, but can only mishit it toward long-off. Hetmyer has to run in and put a forward dive – never easy, but he has such good hands. Puts in the dive and hangs on – it’s 62/4!

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: WHAT A MOMENT! Googly rifled through Kohli, who tries to overhit it and sees his stumps in a mess!

What a powerplay this has been – how often have you seen the scorecard read 58/3 after 5?

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: That will help! That will help RR big-time! On his legs and Padikkal tries to flick, but it’s high on his bat – more elevation than distance – Hetmyer runs in from deep square leg, gets underneath it, but it swirls and forces him to put in a late dive. But Hetmyer has great hands, and he holds on!

45/2 in 3 overs – who is ahead right now?

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: RCB have nullified that early wicket. Kohli with no risks picking up three boundaries – two guided through backward point, one hooked away through fine leg.

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: All-action start in Guwahati! Padikkal square drives for four, Kohli flicks for four – but then Burger fires five wides down leg, then cuts Kohli in half as late movement evades both him and Jurel to give RCB four more!

It’s 32/1 after 2 – but it has hardly been convincing.

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: Archer nearly has Kohli too! Some first over – produced three edges from each of the RCB top 3!

No first slip for Kohli, and it’s a mistake – it’s a thick edge, and it flies agonisingly wide of Jurel! First slip gobbles that up!

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: Englishman on Englishman violence to get us going! Jofra Archer steams in, and fires a perfect bouncer at Salt’s front shoulder – not much you can do at that pace, and all he can do is edge it straight up for a simple catch!

What a start for Archer – RR mean business!

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: Players back on warming up. 8.40 pm start is being touted at the moment. Not losing overs either, hopefully. Burger, Archer and co. set their marks.

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: Brijesh comes in for Deshpande.

RR XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi

Impact players: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: RCB’s team for the match –

RCB XI: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (capt), Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Abhinandan Singh

Impact players: Suyash Sharma, Jacob Bethell, Rasikh Dar, Kanishk Chouhan, Venkatesh Iyer

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: Josh Hazlewood is back for RCB, Duffy does have to miss out – but as Patidar delivers the news, it begins to rain again! Fingers crossed, only a passing shower.

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: Riyan Parag wins the toss and opts to bowl first! Virat Kohli and Phil Salt will bat first. Team news next.

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: There’s the news – 20 mins away from the toss, 15 mins after which the game will begin. No overs lost, a full game!

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: Looks like the rain has finally come to a close and the covers are being taken off by the groundstaff. Hopefully some news regarding a restart soon.

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: There is no update regarding the weather or a potential inspection. We have gotten used to it this week – the old waiting game.

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: Same story as a few nights ago at this venue – the rain has been intermittent, but it is present at the ACA Stadium at the moment. Toss delayed is the news at the moment.

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: Both teams are unbeaten and that usually means no tinkering with combinations – both units are well-balanced and nicely figured out, with no need to jump the gun on any changes. Josh Hazlewood isn’t expected to feature, so that selection headache is pushed further down the line for RCB. Expect more of the same.

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: In their three matches thus far, RR have registered two wins by batting first – they also interestingly chose to bat first in the rain-shortened game against MI. They have a slight template of liking to put heavy runs on the board, and then trusting their bowlers to take wickets when the opposition is forced to attack. The likes of Archer, Burger, Sandeep, and Bishnoi are relatively defence-minded, in that their greatest asset is their ability to be difficult to hit off while protecting runs. Much like SRH of 2024, this is a team that could make patting first and scoring bulk runs their MO.

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: Ravi Bishnoi has started the season in terrific touch – he was the premier spinner in the auction, went to the expected team in RR, and has repaid the faith for the investment. He has controlled the middle overs and also taken wickets – against RCB’s stacked middle order, he is the man for RR tonight.

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: The match could very well be decided by whether or not Jaiswal and Sooryavanshi manage to survive the opening burst by Jacob Duffy. The Kiwi pacer, in combination with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, had success against the powerful top orders of both SRH and CSK – and early wickets always have an impact in the IPL. A big part of RR’s game is their explosive opening duo, but this is their biggest challenge yet – can they ace it as they did against MI, or will RCB’s weapon continue to find its mark?

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: The winner of today’s game will likely take over top spot in the table – RR already hold that position with 6 points, PBKS right behind them with 5, and RCB following up on 4. RCB have a marginally better NRR than RR, and that could be important down the line in this tournament.

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: The ACA Stadium in Guwahati Assam has been acting as RR’s second home in the IPL, but their third and final match at the venue before the move back to Jaipur means RR know the need to make full use of a clumped home schedule. Following this match, they have a tacing three-match stretch on the road, which means a lot of travel to teams enjoying home field advantage – a 4-0 start to the season would go a very long way for this young team to find momentum and give themselves wiggle room later on in the tournament.

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: In their last match, Rajasthan batted first in an 11-over game against Mumbai – a tough task, but one their dangerous opening batters took a liking to from the off. Yashasvi Jaiswal wants to have a statement season to make an all-format case for himself, and this was the kind of innings he needs – he batted through, his 77* off 32 deliveries acting as the backbone of RR scoring 150. In response, MI always felt the weight of the chase at nearly 14rpo, and the fast bowlers wrapped up the top order to make the rest of it a formality.

RR vs RCB LIVE Score: Rajasthan have gotten off to a very hot start – their issue in 2025 was never with being competitive, but rather with closing out games. The tight win agaisnt Gujarat was sandwiched by commanding ones over CSK and MI, and this team looks like a force to be reckoned with. Sooryavanshi and Jaiswal are doing their thing at the top, but with both Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger fit, and the spinner gap filled by Bishnoi, the bowling attack looks dangerous – always the key for a successful team.