RR vs RCB live cricket score: Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru are locking horns today in the 15th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. Both teams are unbeaten so far this season as the Royals have won all of their three matches while RCB have won both their matches. Who will come out on top today or will the rain have a final say? Follow for live updates:
Rajasthan Royals beat RCB by six wickets.
Shepherd conceded seven runs off his first over. RR are 184/4 after 16 overs. Rajasthan now need only 18 runs in the final four overs.
Abhinandan conceded 14 runs off the over. Rajasthan are 177/4 after 15 overs. They only need 25 runs to win in 30 balls.
Dhruv Jurel completed his half-century in 25 balls. RR are 160/4 after 13.3 overs. They are cruising for a famous win.
Rajasthan are 144/4 after 12 overs. 57 runs are needed in 48 balls, with Jurel and Jadeja batting in the middle.
Another quiet over for Rajasthan Royals. Terrific over from Krunal Pandya. Rajasthan are 141/4 after 11 overs.
Captain Riyan Parag departed for three runs off five balls. Rajasthan lost their fourth wicket, while Josh Hazlewood struck for the second time. Rajasthan are 134/4
Krunal Pandya bowls a bouncer to Shimron Hetmyer, who tried to hook it but straight to the fielder. Back-to-back wickets, Hetmyer departed for a golden duck as RR are 129/3
Vaibhav Sooryanshi's destructive knock comes to an end. He departed after scoring 78 runs off 26 balls. RR are 129/2 as Virat Kohli completed the catch. Krunal Pandya got the breakthrough.
Rajasthan are 111/1 in just seven overs. Absolute mayhem in Guwahati. 14 runs off Krunal Pandya's first over. The powerplay is over but there's no stopping RR.
24 runs off the Abhinandan's over. This is absolute carnage from Dhruv Jurel. Rajasthan are 97/1 after just six overs. This is the highest powerplay total in this edition of the IPL.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smacks a 15-ball half-century. Can you believe that? 15 years old only. He is batting at a different level at the moment.
Sooryavanshi smacks 18 runs against Hazlewood. 19 runs in the over as Rajasthan are progressing well. End of the fourth over, the hosts are 56/1
Rajasthan Royals are 37/1 after three overs. They are off to a good start, with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dominating the proceedings. In the meantime, Yashasvi Jaiswal departed in the second over of the innings, with Josh Hazlewood striking early.
Venkatesh Iyer finished the innings with a six. 21 runs off the final over. RCB posted 201/8. It didn't look possible but Venkatesh's cameo did the trick. Tough chase for RR?
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are 180/8 after 19 overs. Brijesh conceded 9 runs in his final over.
Rajat Patidar departed for 63 runs off 40 balls. Sandeep Sharma got the better of the RCB captain. RCB are now 166/8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar joined Venkatesh Iyer now..
Bishnoi conceded 16 runs off the 17th over. RCB are 166/7 after 17 overs. Rajat Patidar is dictating the play now.
That's a proper captain's knock. Rajat Patidar reached his half-century in 35 balls. It was his 10th half-century in the tournament. RCB are 150/7 after 16 overs.
RCB are 139/7 after 15 overs. They have introduced Venkatesh Iyer as an Impact Player, which is an excellent call. The goal will be to capitalise the five overs and post something around 200.
Romario Shepherd departed for 22 runs off 11 balls. Brijesh Sharma was close to dropping the catch but hung onto it. First wicket for Jadeja tonight. RCB are 125/7
Brijesh conceded 15 runs in the over. RCB are 119/6 after 13 overs. They can still post a defendable total but all depends on how well Patidar and Shepherd play in the middle.
Bengaluru are 104/6 after 12 overs. They need a strong finish. Romario Shepherd has joined Rajat Patidar in the middle and the duo holds key now as RCB don't have anymore batters in the XI.
Brijesh Sharma with his second wicket in the night. Shimron Hetmyer picked up his third catch. Tim David dissapoints tonight, scoring 13 runs off nine balls. In other news, the rain is back. The match is however not set to stop at the moment.
RCB are 89/5 after 10 overs. Tim David and captain Rajat Patidar are on the rescue mission.
Jitesh Sharma's horrific run continues. He departed for five runs off eight balls. Brijesh, who returned to the playing XI tonight, picked up the wicket. RCB are 76/5 after 8.4 overs.
Ravi Bishnoi picked up his second wicket of the night as Krunal Pandya departed for just one run. RCB are reduced to 62/4.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru were off to a great start but failed to live up to it. They are 61/3 after six overs.
Ravi Bishnoi picked up the prized wicket of Virat Kohli, who departed for 32 runs off 16 balls. The India international missed the line and length completely. RCB are 58/3 now.
Just when the over was going well for RR, Virat Kohli smacked two boundaries. RCB are 55/2 after four overs.
Shimron Hetmyer picked up a blinder to send Devdutt Padikkal packing. Jofra Archer picked up the second wicket as Padikka departed for 14 runs off seven balls. RCB are 45/2 after three overs.
Nandre Burger conceded 19 runs in his first over. Bengaluru are in no mood to slow down, despite losing an early wicket. RR need to fight back with the ball. RCB are 32/1 after two overs.
Virat Kohli edged the final ball of Jofra Archer for a four. The England international conceded three boundaries in the over, but a terrific over nonetheless. RCB are 13/1 after the first over.
Golden duck for Phil Salt. A screamer of a delivery got Salt packing. Jofra Archer picked up the prized wicket as RCB lose their first wicket.
Jofra Archer is opening the bowling for RR, Salt and Kohli are in the middle!!
The match is set to begin at 8:40 pm. Unless of course, the rain comes back.
Covers are coming off in Guwahati!!
We will start losing overs from 8:30 PM and it looks very likely now as the match is unlikely to start by then.
Start of play is set to be delayed as covers are back on
It has started to rain in Guwahati. The start of the match is likely to be delayed now.
Josh Hazlewood is PLAYING for the first time today this season. Jacob Duffy is NOT playing unfortunately.
Tushar Deshpande has been rested today. Brijesh Sharma is in the playing XI for Rajasthan Royals.
RR have won the toss and opted to bowl first.
"It's been a happy hunting ground for Rajasthan Royals this year. Match number 16 at Guwahati at the ACA Stadium, and they've won two out of two. Tonight is against the big team, RCB. There's going to be a lot of support, but let me lay out the markers. This is the very same surface, pitch number 5, which was used in that game against MI which RR defended. So the markers are, it is pretty equidistant. I've got 65 and 66 as dimensions, meters to my right and left. A hit down the ground is 75, pretty equidistant once again, 72, 73. And I have to say, in the last couple of years, teams have been able to defend over here. And when you look at the overall score too, seven games, marginally ahead when it comes to team defending. So, more on that. Michael Clarke was there the other night on the very same surface. Michael, what do you think? Karthik, it looks exactly the same, to be honest. It looked like an absolute beauty of a wicket if you're a batsman. Again, you can come down, I think like the other night, it looked a little bit dry like you can see under the grass. But because it's so hard and with no moisture at all, it played beautifully. It was so consistent, good pace and bounce. Again, I think the key is going to be batting with that in that powerplay, with that brand new ball. I think you've got to look to go hard through the powerplay. For the bowlers, I think change of pace is your only hope. But wickets up front, I think you're going to need wickets. This looks like an absolute batting paradise," report Murali Kartik and Michael Clarke
The covers are completely off in Guwahati. The ground staff is currently preparing the surface, while the supersoppers are at work.
Well, RCB pacer Josh Hazlewood is training hard ahead of the match. It feels that the Australia international could very well feature in the playing XI, especially with no signs of Jacob Duffy at the moment. However, one can only know during toss at 8:15 pm.
Well, no overs lost. We will have a full 20-over game, despite losing 45 mins.
The rain has stopped in Guwahati. The toss is now set to take place at 8 pm, with the match set to begin on 8:15 pm.
For now, the rain seems to have eased up a bit in Guwahati. The covers are coming off at the moment and the umpires are having a discussion in the middle.
Well, according to Accuweather, there is 47% chance of rain around 8 PM and 40% chance of rain around 9 PM. We could be in for a long evening in Guwahati as multiple rain interruptions are expected today.
Hello and welcome to the 15th match of IPL 2026 between RR and RCB at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. The toss should've happened by now but the rain has delayed the toss in Guwahati. There was no rain in the forecast but no one can control nature and it is currently busy interrupting the IPL on a regular basis. We will bring you all the updates related to match and its start time. What will be the Guwahati weather for the rest of the evening. Stay tuned!!
