At the very beginning of this new season, the 3rd match of the Indian Premier League 2026 was held between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings in an exciting clash. The fans saw aggressive batting, disciplined bowling and moments that broke it down to the wire between both sides in what was a thrilling contest. The two teams showed their stars with key plays impacting the outcome of the contest.
Toss: Rajasthan Royals chose to field.
Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets.
Player of the Match: Nandre Burger (Rajasthan Royals) for his brilliant opening spell.
Batting R B M 4s 6s SR Sanju Samson † b Burger 6 7 11 1 0 85.71 Ruturaj Gaikwad (c) b Archer 6 11 17 1 0 54.54 Ayush Mhatre c †Jurel b Burger 0 1 7 0 0 0 Matthew Short c Jaiswal b Sandeep Sharma 2 7 18 0 0 28.57 Sarfaraz Khan lbw b Jadeja 17 12 21 2 1 141.66 Kartik Sharma lbw b Brijesh Sharma 18 15 24 0 1 120 Shivam Dube c Ravi Bishnoi b Jadeja 6 4 2 0 1 150 Jamie Overton not out 43 36 61 2 2 119.44 Noor Ahmad c †Jurel b Archer 1 9 9 0 0 11.11 Matt Henry c & b Ravi Bishnoi 5 7 16 1 0 71.42 Anshul Kamboj run out (Hetmyer/†Jurel) 7 10 20 1 0 70
Extras (lb 9, nb 1, w 6) 16 Total 19.4 Ov (RR: 6.45) 127
Bowling O M R W ECON 0s WD NB Jofra Archer 4 0 19 2 4.75 17 1 0 Nandre Burger 4 0 26 2 6.5 14 3 1 Brijesh Sharma 3 0 17 1 5.66 10 2 0 Sandeep Sharma 2.4 0 22 1 8.25 3 0 0 Ravi Bishnoi 3 0 16 1 5.33 8 0 0 Ravindra Jadeja 3 0 18 2 6 11 0 0
Batting R B M 4s 6s SR Yashasvi Jaiswal not out 38 36 63 3 1 105.55 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi c Khan b Kamboj 52 17 31 4 5 305.88 Dhruv Jurel † b Kamboj 18 9 10 4 0 200 Riyan Parag (c) not out 14 11 18 1 1 127.27
Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 1) 6 Total 12.1 Ov (RR: 10.52) 128/2
Bowling O M R W ECON 0s WD NB Matt Henry 3 0 40 0 13.33 2 1 0 Khaleel Ahmed 3 0 17 0 5.66 10 0 0 Anshul Kamboj 3 0 27 2 9 8 0 0 Noor Ahmad 2 0 24 0 12 4 0 0 Jamie Overton 1 0 14 0 14 1 0 0 Matthew Short 0.1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0
Ground Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati Toss Rajasthan Royals, elected to field first Series Indian Premier League Season 2026 Player Of The Match Nandre Burger Hours of play (local time) 19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45 Match days 30 March 2026 – night (20-over match) CSK Player Replacement Impact player: Sarfaraz Khan in, Ayush Mhatre out (1st innings, 3.1 ov) T20 debut Brijesh Sharma Umpires Kumar Dharmasena DRS Mohit Krishnadas DRS TV Umpire Virender Sharma Reserve Umpire Kannur Swaroopanand Match Referee Narayanan Kutty Points Rajasthan Royals 2, Chennai Super Kings 0
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