By Admin 
In the 16th match of IPL 2026, Rajasthan Royals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 6 wickets at Barsapara Cricket Stadium on Friday. Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Dhuva Jurel played explosive innings for RR.
Rajasthan Royals, who set out to chase the target of 202 runs, did not have a good start. Yashasvi Jaiswal could not show anything special with the bat and was out after scoring 13 runs in 8 balls. However, after this 15-year-old batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel took charge. Together, both of them made an excellent partnership of 108 runs in just 37 balls for the second wicket. Vaibhav played a explosive inning of 78 runs facing only 26 balls. In this innings, he hit 8 fours and 7 sixes while playing at a strike rate of 300.
However, Shimron Hetmyer flopped and returned to the pavilion without opening the account. Captain Riyan Parag could also score only 3 runs. Jurel stood at one end and played an unbeaten inning of 81 runs in 43 balls. In this innings, Jurel hit 8 fours and 3 sixes. At the same time, Ravindra Jadeja also batted excellently and played an unbeaten inning of 24 runs. Jurel and Jadeja made an unbroken partnership of 68 runs in 50 balls for the fifth wicket. In bowling, Josh Hazlewood and Krunal Pandya took two wickets each.
Earlier, RCB scored 201 runs on the scoreboard after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. The team did not have a good start and Phil Salt returned to the pavilion without opening the account. Devdutt Padikkal also became the victim of Joffra Archer after scoring 14 runs in 7 balls. Virat Kohli contributed 32 runs in 16 balls. Krunal Pandya could score only one run, while Jitesh Sharma was dismissed by Brijesh Sharma at the score of 5 runs. Tim David also flopped and could score only 13 runs in 9 balls.
However, captain Rajat Patidar held one end and played a strong inning of 63 runs in 40 balls. Romario Shepherd scored 22 runs in 11 balls. At the same time, in the last overs, Venkatesh Iyer scored unbeaten 29 runs in 15 balls, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar remained unbeaten after scoring 9 runs. In bowling, Joffra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi and Brijesh Sharma took two wickets each for Rajasthan. Sandeep Sharma and Jadeja took one wicket each. This is Rajasthan Royals’ fourth consecutive win this season, while RCB has suffered its first defeat in IPL 2026.