RR vs RCB Highlights | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhurv Jurel lead RR's fourth consecutive win

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. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Brijesh Sharma, Ravi Singh, Adam Milne, Dasun Shanaka, Kuldeep Sen, Sushant Mishra, Kwena Maphaka, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Vignesh Puthur, Aman Rao Perala

. The toss will happen at 7 pm, while the match begins at 7:30 pm.

. RCB have a small advantage of 17 wins to RR's 14 . The visitors have won four of the last six matches since 2023.

. The surface at the Barsapara Stadium pitch in Guwahati is predominantly batting friendly with consistent bounce.

Batters can play their shots through the line. However, pacers may have advantage early in the match, especially after a few spells of rain during the day. The average first-innings score at this venue hovers around 167 runs.

. With a strike rate of 227.35, he leads comfortably as the second best is Priyansh Arya at 180.46.

. His economy rate also drops by half when he bowls the wrong'un, when compared to the quicker ones and the leg break.

. In T20s, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has bowled 85 balls to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel, three of RR's top four batters, and has never dismissed any of them, and conceded 161 runs.

. "Over the last couple of years, I have been actively working on trying to improve my strike rate. I'm glad those processes and the hard work that's gone behind the scenes is coming to fruition now," Padikkal said.

. "It's always fun when you're winning, but there's a long way to go in the competition. Hopefully, we can play as consistently as we are. If we do, we are going to be tough to beat," RR bowling coach Shane Bond said.

. There is not much to worry it is a slight drizzle. However, the covers are on the field.

. The rain has picked up and the delay could be a long one.

. The two teams were out on the field doing warmups, before it started to pour down.

. There is possibility of rain continuing till 10 pm and further, according to Accuweather.

. The rain has stopped and the covers have been taken off.

. They are working hard to get the field ready so the toss can finally happen.

. The teams are on the field warming up yet again.

. Josh Hazlewood is seen stretching. Could he play the first match of the season?

. The match will begin at 8:15 pm and there are no overs lost.

. "It's been a happy hunting ground for Rajasthan Royals this year. Match number 16 at Guwahati at the ACA Stadium, and they've won two out of two. Tonight is against the big team, RCB. There's going to be a lot of support, but let me lay out the markers. This is the very same surface, pitch number 5, which was used in that game against MI which RR defended. So the markers are, it is pretty equidistant. I've got 65 and 66 as dimensions, meters to my right and left. A hit down the ground is 75, pretty equidistant once again, 72, 73. And I have to say, in the last couple of years, teams have been able to defend over here. And when you look at the overall score too, seven games, marginally ahead when it comes to team defending. So, more on that. Michael Clarke was there the other night on the very same surface. Michael, what do you think? Karthik, it looks exactly the same, to be honest. It looked like an absolute beauty of a wicket if you're a batsman. Again, you can come down, I think like the other night, it looked a little bit dry like you can see under the grass. But because it's so hard and with no moisture at all, it played beautifully. It was so consistent, good pace and bounce. Again, I think the key is going to be batting with that in that powerplay, with that brand new ball. I think you've got to look to go hard through the powerplay. For the bowlers, I think change of pace is your only hope. But wickets up front, I think you're going to need wickets. This looks like an absolute batting paradise. As a skipper, any preference? Batting first, I don't think there's any rain in the air at the moment. Look, honestly, I think on this surface, on this ground, we've seen it, doesn't matter too much. It's pretty even batting first or batting second. No dew the other night, obviously because of rain. There's no forecast for rain as well. So I think it's pretty consistent for both. I think as a captain, if you win the toss, and as I said, the sample size is small, you don't mind batting first. That's my opinion."

. Riyan Parag elects to bowl first.

. Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Josh Hazlewood

. Suyash Sharma, Jacob Bethell, Rasikh Salam Dar, Kanishk Chouhan, Venkatesh Iyer

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

. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande

. The match will finally begin at 8:40 pm.

. Jofra Archer has the new ball

. Phil Salt has to depart for a duck. An excellent short ball as Salt tries to flick through the leg side. Hits the glove and pops to the keeper.

. Padikkal pokes at a length ball outside off and gets a thick edge, past the diving second slip for four.

. A shorter ball from Archer and Padikkal rides the bounce to cut over point for four.

. Virat Kohli pokes at an outside off ball on the backfoot. The keeper puts in the dive as there is a second slip and not first. The ball flies between the two for four.

. He has been welcomed with a four from Padikkal. Short of length and there is width on offer. Padikkal slaps the cut past point.

. Burger drifts on pads and Kohli has flicked it up and over square leg for four.

. Another ball on the legs and it is wide, the diving keeper has no chance.

. That is a brilliant ball from Burger. Kohli is beaten on the defence and the ball moves late to beat the diving keeper for four more.

. Beautifully played. A back of length ball outside off and Kohli just opens the face of the bat to guide it past point for four.

. A short ball from Archer and Kohli has pulled it fine to beat deep fine leg.

. Another length ball outside off and another bat faced opened at the last moment to beat point.

. Devdutt Padikkal mistimes the slog and Hetmyer has covered fair bit of distance before hanging on to a brilliant diving catch at deep square leg.

. The speedster has an upper and against Virat Kohli

. A length ball outside off and Kohli has stepped out to loft the drive over mid off for four. Class written all over that shot.

. Spin for the first time today. Rajat Patidar is beaten on the slog sweep and hits the pads. Sliding down leg.

. That is a brilliant googly as Kohli goes for a lofted flick and is beaten only to see the stumps being rattled.

. Krunal Pandya steps out and takes on Bishnoi. Does not collect well as Hetmyer runs in and dives to complete a fine catch at long off.

. Jadeja errs in the slot and Patidar stylishly plays the lofted drive over extra cover for one bounce four.

. Jitesh Sharma has been pinged right in front of the stumps as he is beaten on the flick. A short of length ball that keeps low and gets the wicket.

. Brijesh errs full and on leg, David guides it past fine leg for four.

. A short ball from Archer and David pulls it over mid wicket for four.

. Unnecessary from Tim David. A length ball and David has slogged it straight to long on. The fielder did not have to move an inch.

. This is the first time he is batting in this season.

. Bishnoi bowls fuller and Shephard has eased it over long off for a six. That was his first ball.

. A back of length ball from Brijesh and Patidar has slapped it over the bowler's head for four.

. A slower ball back of length and Shephard has cut it behind point for four.

. Brijesh bowls on the pads and Shephard has flicked it fine for four.

. RCB slump further. A wild slog by Shephard and gets a thick top edge. The ball skies only to short fine leg.

. Surprise as Venkatesh Iyer walks in to bat

. A slot ball from Burger and Patidar has slammed it over mid off for six.

. A length ball and Patidar has pulled it away for a massive six over fine leg.

. What should have been a single is a four. Patidar cuts to deep point and Bishnoi makes a mess of the simple effort. Through his legs for four.

. He has played a captain's knock here. A fuller ball from Sandeep and he has cover driven for four.

. Bishnoi bowls in the slot and Patidar has sent it 90 meters over the long off boundary.

. A shorter ball from Bishnoi and Patidar has pulled it over deep mid wicket for a 92 meter hit.

. There is the big wicket. A slot ball from Sandeep but Patidar miscues the slog and the deep mid wicket takes a safe catch.

. A short and wide ball and Bhuvneshwar Kumar has slapped it past extra cover for four.

. He has reverse swept the back of length ball from Sandeep past the keeper for four.

. Shot ball from Sandeep and Venkatesh Iyer has slammed it over deep mid wicket for six.

. That is some finish after where they were at. Another slot ball and Venkatesh Iyer has slammed it over long off for six.

. Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the new ball for RCB.

. Bhuvneshwar Kumar goes full and Sooryavanshi has slammed the straight drive for four. A dive from the mid off fielder after a chase goes in vain.

. Sooryavanshi swings hard at the fuller ball, does not time well but gets enough to hit it over point for four.

. Hazelwood has been welcomed by Jaiswal with a six. A fuller ball and Jaiswal throws his hands at it and the ball sails over the point boundary.

. A back of length ball from Hazlewood and Jaiswal has pulled it with authority for a six over mid wicket.

. He is back from a long injury layoff and is among the wickets straight away. Jaiswal gets an edge to the keeper on the cut. The extra bounce did him there.

. Dhruv Jurel is the new man in.

. A slot ball from Abhinandan and Sooryavanshi has dispatched it past mid on for four.

. A length ball and Sooryavanshi goes for a slog, gets an inside edge and past the diving keeper for four.

. He's got a start again. A slot ball from Singh and the batter has flicked it with power for a six over mid wicket.

. A back of length ball and Sooryavanshi has chopped it past third man for four.

. A slot ball from Hazlewood and Sooryavanshi has smashed it over mid on for four. Follows it with a drive past mid off for four.

. Short ball from Hazlewood and Sooryavanshi has smoked the pull over square leg for a six.

. A short ball from Bhuvi and Soryavanshi has hammered it over long on for six more

. This is some stunning batting from the youngster. He gets a top edge on the pull and the catch is taken at deep fine leg but the fielder falls over the boundary.

. He gets four more towards point.

. He pulls Abhinandan over fine leg for four and follows it with a six over mid on.

. Jurel places this behind point to get four more.

. Really poor from Abhinandan. A high full toss on legs and Jurel has put it into the stands with ease.

. First over of spin from RCB today.

. Krunal Pandya bowls short and Jurel pulls over mid wicket for four.

. On the pads from Krunal and Vaibhav has sent it over the ropes past square leg.

. Drops the first ball short and Jurel cuts it past point for four more.

. Smashes two more sixs over long o.n

. Too late for RCB? He has likely killed the game here. A stunning knock comes to an end. Krunal bowls length and Vaibhav has hammered it straight to Virat Kohli at long on.

. That is a bouncer to the helmetless Hetmyer from Krunal and the batter has upper cut it straight to third man.

. A length ball from Hazelwood and Parag has gone for the slog on the on side. A good diving catch from Krunal at deep mid wicket.

. However, RR are too far ahead in the game.

. Krunal gets some spin and Jadeja gets an inside edge on the backfoot defence. Four past fine leg.

. Jadeja is beaten on the flick as Hazelwood bowls this across the batter. Might have pitched outside leg stump. Yes, RCB lose a review.

. Short of length from Hazelwood and Jurel has pulled it and placed it brilliantly past square leg for four.

. He has quietly, yet brilliantly maneuvered this innings after Vaibhav's dismissal.

. A fuller ball and Jurel gives himself room to slice it past point for four.

. A full, wide ball and Jurel throws his bat at it. Thick edge for four past the diving keeper.

. A poor full toss on legs and Jurel flicks it away for six.

. RCB slump to their first defeat of the season.

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