Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets.

The third match of IPL 2026 between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) was played today, where RR registered a dominant 8-wicket victory.

The match took place at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. RR won the toss and chose to bowl first. CSK managed to score only 127 runs, which turned out to be an easy target.

In reply, Rajasthan Royals chased down the target comfortably in just 17 overs. The star of the match was Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who played a great innings of 52 runs off just 17 balls, leading his team to victory in style.

While chasing 128 runs, the Rajasthan Royals got off to a strong start with Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal opening the innings. Vaibhav played aggressively right from the beginning and brought up his fifty in just 15 balls.

At the time of his dismissal, RR had already reached 75 runs. Vaibhav scored a brilliant 52 runs, hitting 4 fours and 5 sixes during his explosive innings.

After his wicket, Dhruv Jurel came in to bat and contributed 18 runs before being dismissed by Anshul Kamboj in the 9th over.

Later, RR captain Riyan Parag joined Yashasvi Jaiswal at the crease. Both batsmen played sensibly and maintained the momentum, guiding Rajasthan Royals to victory comfortably in just 13 overs.

Chennai Super Kings had a disappointing start in their first match, managing to score only 127 runs. The innings began with Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad, but things did not go as expected.

T20 World Cup star Sanju Samson was dismissed early for just 6 runs, with his wicket taken by Nandre Burger. Soon after, CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad also lost his wicket, scoring only 6 runs.

One of the key players from whom the team had high expectations, Matthew Short, was also dismissed cheaply for just 2 runs. As a result, CSK’s top three batters failed to even reach double digits, putting the team under early pressure.

After the early wickets, Sarfaraz Khan tried to stabilize the CSK innings, but his effort didn’t last long as Ravindra Jadeja dismissed him in the 8th over. By that time, CSK had lost 5 wickets for just 51 runs.

Following this, Shivam Dube also failed to make an impact and was dismissed for just 6 runs, again by Jadeja. At the end of 10 overs, CSK were struggling at 71/6, and
Rajasthan Royals had taken complete control of the match.

From there on, CSK could not recover. The only notable contribution came from Jamie Overton, who scored the highest runs for the team with 43, helping CSK reach a total of 127 runs.

Based on match reports and squad updates, CSK’s playing XI for today’s match included: