In the first two matches of the Indian Premier League 2026 (IPL 2026), the score was more than 200 but the third match could not reach more than 130. The third match of IPL 2026 was played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR). The match took place on 30 March at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. In this match, Rajasthan won comfortably by 8 wickets.
It is worth noting that it rained before the start of the match in Guwahati due to which the toss was delayed. RR won the toss and decided to bowl first. The result completely went in Rajasthan’s favor as they bowled out Chennai for just 127 runs.
CSK had a very bad start. In the powerplay, the team could score only 41 runs after losing 4 wickets. Then the team struggled in the middle overs, losing 4 wickets between overs 7 and 15 and could score only 54 runs. Then RR put brakes on Chennai’s scoring in the death overs, being able to score only 34 runs after losing only 2 wickets between 16 and 20 overs. Chennai Super Kings were all out for 127 runs in 19.4 overs.
For Chennai, Jamie Overton scored the highest score of 43 runs, while Karthik Sharma scored 18 runs. The top order could not even cross the 10-run mark. At the same time, Joffra Archer, Nandre Berger and Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets each for Rajasthan. While Brijesh Sharma, Sandeep Sharma and Ravi Bishnoi took one wicket each.
Rajasthan Royals maintained a strong hold from the beginning and won the match within 14 overs. In the powerplay, Rajasthan scored 74 runs without losing any wicket. Then, in the middle overs, the team scored 54 runs at the loss of 2 wickets and won the match by 8 wickets with 47 balls remaining.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored the most runs for Rajasthan Royals. He scored 52 runs on 17 balls. Yashasvi Jaiswal remained unbeaten after scoring 38 runs. On the other hand, except Anshul Kamboj, all the Chennai bowlers proved to be expensive. Anshul took two wickets for RR.
Chennai Super Kings lagged behind in batting, bowling and fielding. First, Chennai’s top order completely faltered. Initially it was being said that it was becoming difficult to play due to rain but on the same pitch, the openers of Rajasthan Royals played a explosive innings. Chennai lagged behind in bowling also. In this match, while Rajasthan all out CSK, Chennai bowlers were able to take only two wickets of RR. On the other hand, CSK also dropped catches while fielding.
