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Rajasthan Royals (RR) continued to stamp their authority in IPL 2026, this time with a commanding six-wicket victory over defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Friday, 10 April. With this, RR ended RCB’s winning run in IPL 2026 while remaining one of the two remaining unbeaten sides. Chasing 202 to win, the Royals made an absolute mockery of the chase, getting past the finish line in 18 overs, powered by a 26-ball 78 by boy wonder Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel’s impressive 81* off 43 deliveries. The RR vs RCB match witnessed some top moments. Let’s take a look at them. Top Moments of RR vs RCB Match Virat Kohli’s catch ends Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s whirlwind 78-run knock Vaibhav Sooryavanshi unleashed carnage in Guwahati with the RCB bowlers at the receiving end. After taking down Jasprit Bumrah earlier, the audacious Sooryavanshi smashed the likes of Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar and smashed a 26-ball 78, which included a 15-ball fifty. Also read: 4 matches, 3 defeats, 1 point thanks to rain:Misfiring Rinku, Varun; inexperienced pace attack, what’s wrong with KKR this season? His knock powered the Rajasthan Royals to 97/1 in the powerplay while chasing 202 and it took a good low catch from Virat Kohli to end Sooryavanshi’s blitz. This happened on the first ball of the ninth over when Sooryavanshi attempted another big shot off Krunal Pandya and found Kohli in the deep. Virat Kohli’s autograph on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s cap After the match ended, Virat Kohli signed Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s cap as RR’s explossive batter is the current orange cap holder of this tournament. He has scored 200 runs in four matches with a strike of 266.66 for the franchise, including two quick half-centuries. Sandeep Sharma’s special celebration after reaching 150 IPL wickets RR pacer Sandeep Sharma pulled off a special celebration after getting to 150 wickets in the IPL, in this match. The 32-year-old dismissed RCB captain Rajat Patidar for 63 in the 18th over and made a gesture with his finger in the air, probably writing ‘150’ to mark the achievement. IPL’s robotic dog ‘Champak’ copies Sandeep Sharma’s training moves One of the moments of this contest happened before it got underway when the camera caught the robotic dog ‘Champak’ copying Sandeep Sharma’s moves in training. Sandeep was warming up before the match by stretching and the dog, just beside him, copied his moves, prompting Irfan Pathan on commentary to let out a laugh. Dhruv Jurel’s celebration after hitting 50 Apart from Sooryavanshi, RR also had another stellar performer in Dhruv Jurel, who continued his good form with an unbeaten 81 off just 43 balls. After reaching his half-century off just 25 balls, Jurel performed a ‘salute’ celebration. Earlier, Jurel had shared that this special celebration was dedicated to his father who is an army veteran and had served in the 1999 Kargil war against Pakistan. Also read: RR claim victory in ‘Battle-Royal’ vs RCB by 6 wickets: Sooryavanshi’s 78-run carnage, Jurel’s calm 81* script Rajasthan’s win Jacob Bethell and Jitesh Sharma play fun game in dugout As rain delayed proceedings in Guwahati, Jacob Bethell and Jitesh Sharma were seen playing a fun game in the dugout. A viral video showed the two enjoying themselves in the dugout and Sharma was seen gently patting Bethell on his cheeks. Archer gets Salt’s wicket on first ball of the match Jofra Archer took a wicket on the first ball of the match. He had Phil Salt caught by wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel. Salt couldn’t handle Archer’s bouncing length ball, and the ball hit the upper part of the bat and went up, which wicketkeeper Jurel easily caught. Also read: Unbeaten Punjab Kings face wobbly Sunrisers:Hyderabad victorious in 17 matches vs PBKS; Can Cummins-less SRH find form? Ravi Bishnoi clean bowled Virat Kohli On the 5th ball of the powerplay in Bangalore’s innings, Ravi Bishnoi clean bowled Virat Kohli. He bowled a googly, which Kohli couldn’t understand, and the ball scattered the stumps. Here, Virat Kohli was out after scoring 32 runs. Before this, in the 5th over, Virat Kohli hit a beautiful cover drive for a four off Sandeep Sharma’s ball. Shimron Hetmyer took brilliant catches of Padikkal and Pandya Shimron Hetmyer took two brilliant catches in Bangalore’s innings. He caught Devdutt Padikkal and Krunal Pandya. On the last ball of the third over, Hetmyer caught Devdutt Padikkal. Jofra Archer bowled a hard-length ball on the middle stump. Padikkal wanted to play a big shot on it, but the ball went to deep square leg, where Shimron Hetmyer took a diving catch forward. Padikkal was out after scoring 14 runs. On the second ball of the 7th over, Shimron Hetmyer took a diving catch of Krunal Pandya. Ravi Bishnoi gave flight outside the off-stump, on which Krunal stepped out and tried to play a shot over long-off. However, the ball didn’t connect with the bat with proper timing and went up in the air. Shimron Hetmyer, standing at long-off, leaned forward and took a brilliant catch. Krunal was out after scoring 1 run off 6 balls. Also read: Can Dewald Brevis rejuvenate CSK’s lost glory?:Samson-Gaikwad’s slump, DC eye to regain winning momentum at Chepauk Brijesh caught on Jadeja’s ball in two attempts
In the 14th over, Brijesh Sharma caught Shepherd in two attempts. Ravindra Jadeja bowled the last ball of the over outside the leg stump. Romario Shepherd went for a big shot, but the ball went high in the air towards short fine leg. Brijesh Sharma was under the ball. In the first attempt, the ball slipped from his hands. He caught it on the second attempt.