RR vs CSK 3rd Match Match Report, March 30, 2026 - Sooryavanshi, Archer, Burger demolish CSK

Did you SEE what 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi did last night? He is ONLY 15 years old – four years younger than IPL itself. And he SMASHED 52 runs off just 17 balls against Chennai Super Kings. CSK had no idea what hit them. Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets with 8 overs to spare. Let me tell you everything.

Match Summary

Brief Scores:

Chennai Super Kings: 127 all out in 18.4 overs (Jamie Overton 43, Ravindra Jadeja 2-18, Jofra Archer 2-19, Nandre Burger 2-26)

Rajasthan Royals: 128/2 in 12.2 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 52 off 17, Yashasvi Jaiswal 38*)

RR won by 8 wickets.

CSK Batting – Same OLD Problems.

CSK won the toss and batted first. But OH NO. Their batting COLLAPSED again – just like 2025 when they finished LAST in the league.

Powerplay score: 41 runs for 4 wickets in 6 overs. That’s DISASTER.

How wickets fell:

Over	Score	Wicket
2nd	10/1	Sanju Samson out for 6
3rd	19/2	Ruturaj Gaikwad out for 6
4th	19/3	Ayush Mhatre out for 0 (Golden Duck)
6th	38/4	Matthew Short out for 8
8th	51/5	Sarfaraz Khan out for 17
8th	57/6	Shivam Dube out for 6

Only one batter fought: Jamie Overton scored 43 off 36 balls. He added 33 runs with Anshul Kamboj for the LAST wicket – that’s the highest last-wicket partnership for CSK ever.

But CSK only made 127 runs. On a normal pitch, that’s TOO LOW.

💗 pic.twitter.com/MHia0EUUIA
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) March 31, 2026

Archer & Burger - Test Match Bowling.

RR captain Riyan Parag won the toss and chose to BOWL first – SMART decision. The Guwahati pitch was damp (rain before match), so the ball was SEAMING and BOUNCING.

Jofra Archer: 4 overs, 2 wickets, 19 runs

Bowled 143 km/h

Bowled Test-match lengths (good length, not full)

Got Ruturaj Gaikwad bowled.

Nandre Burger: 4 overs, 2 wickets, 26 runs

Bowled left-arm fast

Got Sanju Samson bowled with a ball that SEAMED away.

Both bowlers made CSK batters look SILLY. They were playing a T20 like Test match – defending, missing, getting out.

Points Table

POS	TEAM	PLAYED	WIN	POINTS
1	RR	1	1	2
2	RCB	1	1	2
3	MI	1	1	2
4	KKR	1	0	0
5	SRH	1	0	0
6	CSK	1	0	0
7	DC	0	0	0
8	LSG	0	0	0
9	PBKS	0	0	0
10	GT	0	0	0

Ravindra Jadeja vs CSK - EMOTIONAL.

Ravindra Jadeja was playing AGAINST Chennai Super Kings for the FIRST TIME in 17 years. He played for CSK from 2012 to 2025. Now he is in RR.

And guess what? He TOOK REVENGE.

In his first over (7th over of the innings), he took 2 wickets.

Wicket 1 – Sarfaraz Khan: Jadeja bowled a fast, flat ball that hit the pads. LBW. Sarfaraz is out for 17.

Wicket 2 – Shivam Dube: Dube hit the first ball for SIX. Then Jadeja bowled wide of off stump. Dube sliced a catch to long off. OUT.

Jadeja gave a BIG SEND-OFF to Dube. He shouted and pointed. After the innings, he said with a big smile, “Pink looks good on me.”

He finished with 2 wickets for 18 runs in 3 overs. PERFECT return.

Sooryavanshi - The 15-Year-Old DESTROYER.

Now comes the BEST part. RR needed 128 runs to win. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi opened the batting with Yashasvi Jaiswal.

First ball of chase: Matt Henry bowled. Sooryavanshi mis-hit to midwicket. Kartik Sharma (wicketkeeper) DROPPED the catch. It went for FOUR.

Next ball: Sooryavanshi HITS SIX over wide long-on. That’s 10 runs from the first 2 balls.

His 50 came off just 15 BALLS. That’s the FIFTH fastest fifty in IPL history.

His innings: 52 runs off 17 balls

5 sixes

3 fours

Strike rate: 305.88.

He hit sixes:

Over wide long-on

Over deep point (off slower ball.)

Over long-off

Over midwicket

His BEST six was off Matt Henry’s slower ball. Henry bowled a slow cutter wide of off stump. Sooryavanshi SWEPT it over deep point – one of only TWO fielders in the outfield. The bat speed was UNREAL.

How he got out: In the 7th over, Anshul Kamboj bowled. Sooryavanshi tried to hit another six. Sarfaraz Khan took a SUPERB diving catch at sweeper cover. Out for 52 off 17 balls.

But the damage was ALREADY done. RR was 70/1 in 6 overs. The match was OVER.

🚨“IS RAJASTHAN ROYALS RUNNING A TEAM OR A FAMILY BUSINESS?”🚨

- K Srikkanth questioned Rajasthan Royals decisions, saying certain players are getting too much backing.🤯

He added Riyan Parag hasn’t delivered recently despite being given importance.pic.twitter.com/lT2qUyukSx
— Sam (@Cricsam01) March 24, 2026

Sab vaisa ka vaisa hi hai. 52 (17) 🔥👍 pic.twitter.com/mYBcirRiqd
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) March 30, 2026

Jaiswal & Parag Finish the Job

Aakash Chopra said: “Riyan Parag is a bold choice. He is young but he has the game sense. I think RR is building for the future.”

Irfan Pathan said: “RR has always trusted young players. They gave captaincy to Sanju at 27, now to Riyan at 24. It shows their faith in youth.”

Harsha Bhogle said: “Parag has matured a lot. He is no longer the ‘angry young man’ we saw in early years. He is ca

After Sooryavanshi got out, Yashasvi Jaiswal (38* off 28 balls) and captain Riyan Parag (14* off 15 balls) finished the chase.

RR reached 128/2 in just 12.2 overs – that’s 7.4 overs remaining. DOMINATION.

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Records Broken

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi – Youngest player to score IPL fifty (15 years, 3 days)

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi – Fifth fastest fifty in IPL history (15 balls)

Ravindra Jadeja – First player to take wicket for RR against CSK after playing 17 years for CSK

CSK – Lowest powerplay score in 2026 IPL (41/4)

Overton-Kamboj – Highest last-wicket partnership for CSK (33 runs)

What Players Said

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi after match:

“I just wanted to play my natural game. The dropped catch gave me confidence. I knew if I saw the ball, I hit the ball. No other way of thinking.”

Ravindra Jadeja:

“Pink looks good on me. (laughs) No, but seriously, it was emotional playing against CSK. But once I’m on the field, I give 100% for my team. RR is my family now.”

Riyan Parag (RR captain):

“Sooryavanshi is special. We all know that. But we must not put too much pressure on him. He is only 15. Let him enjoy his cricket.”

Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK captain):

“Very disappointing. Same batting problems as last year. We need to sit down and think. Can’t keep collapsing like this.”

My Thoughts

You know what I think? This match was CRAZY.

CSK batting is BROKEN. Same collapse as 2025 when they finished last. Without Dhoni (injured), they have NO finisher. Sanju Samson (6 runs), Ruturaj (6), Dube (6) – all FAILED.

RR bowling is SCARY. Archer, Burger, Sandeep Sharma, plus Jadeja. That’s WORLD CLASS.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is UNREAL. He is 15 and hitting 150+ km/h bowlers for sixes. Imagine when he is 25.

CSK must FIX their batting. They have Samson, Gaikwad, Dube, Overton – all good players. But they are not FIRING together.

RR looks like TITLE CONTENDERS. Strong batting, strong bowling, strong captaincy