Last year, the Rajasthan Royals showcased a glimpse of what their young and deadly opening duo can do to the opposition bowlers in the powerplay overs. RR features a left-hand opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Both love to hit from the first ball of the power play, and the consistency of both makes them more dangerous. In this article, we are going to discuss why Rajasthan Royals could dominate the powerplay overs in IPL 2026.
Why Rajasthan Royals Look Dangerous in the Powerplay
After the inclusion of the Impact Player rule in the IPL, most of the teams looked to maximize the powerplay and score as many runs as they could. In the power play, the bowling team can only put 2 fielders outside the 30-yard circle. This is the best phase for any team to score maximum runs, and the Rajasthan Royals openers love to do this.
Both Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi love to play the attacking form of cricket. Both of the left-handed players attack the ball from the very first over, and we saw both of them scoring a lot of runs last season.
Jaiswal played a total of 67 matches in IPL, scoring 2166 runs with an average of 34.38 and a strike rate of 152.85, including 2 centuries and 15 half-centuries. On the other hand, the 14-year-old Suryavashi played his first IPL season last year, where he smashed 252 runs in 7 matches with an average of 36.00 and a strike rate of 206.55, including 1 century and 1 half-century.
These stats show that both openers love playing attacking cricket and are also very consistent. This combination makes them one of the deadliest opening pairs in IPL 2026.
RR’s first 4 matches in IPL 2026
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Match |
Date |
Venue |
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Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings |
30 March |
Guwahati |
|
Gujarat Titan vs Rajasthan Royals |
4 April |
Ahmedabad |
|
Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians |
7 April |
Guwahati |
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Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore |
10 April |
Guwahati |
Rajasthan Royals squad for IPL 2026:
Riyan Parag (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Donovan Ferreira, Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puthur, Ravi Singh, Aman Rao, Brijesh Sharma, Adam Milne, and Kuldeep Sen.
