IPL 2026: Rajasthan Royals Script Record Win Under Riyan Parag, Crush Chennai Super Kings by 8 Wickets

Under the leadership of Riyan Parag, Rajasthan Royals began IPL 2026 with a big victory. In a match played on Monday at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets. The target was 128 runs, which was chased by Rajasthan in 12.1 overs, losing 2 wickets. This was Rajasthan Royals’ biggest victory in IPL history in terms of balls.

This was their first victory in IPL 2026, with 47 balls to spare. The previous biggest victory was in 2014, when they chased a target against Royal Challengers Bangalore with 42 balls to spare. Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a good innings for Rajasthan, scoring 52 off just 17 balls, getting a fifty in 15 balls. He reached his half-century in just 15 balls. Playing at a strike rate of 305, Vaibhav hit four fours and five sixes in his innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal remained unbeaten on 38 off 36 balls.

The Chennai Super Kings batsmen's performance was extremely disappointing in this match. The team's batting order collapsed like a pack of cards, and the entire team was all out for just 127 runs. Jamie Overton top-scored for Chennai with 43 runs, while Kartik Sharma made 18 runs off 15 balls. Jofra Archer bowled brilliantly for Rajasthan, taking two wickets for just 19 runs in his four-over spell.

Meanwhile, Nandre Burger took 2 wickets for 26 runs. Ravindra Jadeja's spin balls also troubled the Chennai batsmen a lot. Jadeja gave away 18 runs in 3 overs and sent Shivam Dubey and Sarfaraz Khan to the pavilion. This is RR's 16th win against CSK in IPL history. Rajasthan Royals have come at the second position jointly with Punjab Kings in terms of registering the most number of wins against Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. Mumbai Indians hold the record for defeating CSK the most number of times in the IPL. Mumbai has won 21 matches against Chennai.