MUMBAI, April 8 -- For the second straight day, rain played spoilsport in the Indian Premier League. On Monday, heavy showers in Kolkata had forced the Kolkata Knight Riders versus Punjab Kings game to be abandoned after just 3.2 overs. But luckily, at Guwahati on Tuesday, the weather gods relented to allow an 11-overs a side game between hosts Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Mumbai Indians (MI). The covers were off soon after the players started wandering onto the playing area to warm-up at 9:28 pm. It raised hopes of a juicy proposition of a Vaibhav Sooryavanshi versus Jasprit Bumrah contest finally taking place. The 15-year-old Royals opener has taken the game by storm but it was going to be the first time in professional cricket that he would face Bumrah. MI skipper Hardik Pandya, however, didn't start with Bumrah, instead giving the new ball to Deepak Chahar. The last time the two teams played, in 2025, Chahar had taken out Sooryavanshi for a two-ball duck, hence it was a good match-up. But MI were pushed on to the backfoot immediately as Yashasvi Jaiswal took first strike and smashed the daylights out of Chahar, hammering him for 22 runs. The fans didn't have to wait long for the Sooryavanshi versus Bumrah contest. After the first over hammering, MI had to go to their best bowler - Bumrah. It turned out to be a dramatic start - first ball against Bumrah, the dashing young batter had hit a six. The southpaw has underlined his potential with numerous knocks last season, and here he was proving that reputations didn't matter to him, just the spot where the ball landed. Bumrah had pitched the first ball in his range and he nonchalantly deposited it over the long-on fence. On the fourth ball, when they faced off again, Sooryavanshi went massive again. Bumrah bowled off-pace and into the track just outside off, and the batter picked it up and dumped it over deep square leg. It showed that the player was unfazed, not in awe of even the great bowler. At the other end, Jaiswal held centre stage with hitting of the highest order. Jaiswal ensured there was no pressure on the young Sooryavanshi, playing a virtuoso knock of 77 not out to power RR to a total of 150/3. Needing to score at a run rate of close to 14, MI had to match the start of RR. But nothing went right for the visitors. Ryan Rickleton was out in the first over, Suryakumar Yadav in the second over and Rohit Sharma in the third to leave MI's innings in tatters at 25/3 after three overs. When Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma both fell in the fifth over, it was RR's game to lose from there. MI's poor start showed there was some help for the bowlers with rain in the air. The RR openers had batted brilliantly to take the conditions out of equation. For the fifth over in RR's innings, MI went to Shardul Thakur. Sooryavanshi gave him the same treatment as he did on his IPL debut, clobbering the first ball for six. Eventually, Thakur managed to get him to hit straight to deep cover fielder Tilak Varma to end the opening stand of 80, but the damage had been done. The teenager again had everyone marvelling at his hitting ability with a powerful 14-ball 39. Jaiswal carried on, playing his most dominating innings of this IPL. He completed his fifty by going back and across to Pandya and cracking a four through point. It also raised RR's hundred in 7.3 overs. The 23-ball fifty included six fours and three sixes. Brief scores: RR 150/3 (11 overs) (Y Jaiswal 77, V Sooryavanshi 39, AN Ghazanfar 2/21). MI ( N Burger 2/21, S Sharma 2/26, R Bishnoi 2/25). RR won by 27 runs....