RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Sandeep removes Short for 2, Mhatre departs for golden duck; Rajasthan in control

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Another wicket! A length delivery by Sandeep, on leg. Short goes early, and it goes straight to midwicket! Caught by Jaiswal!

Short c Jaiswal b Sandeep 2 (7)

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Another wicket! A length delivery by Sandeep, on leg. Short goes early, and it goes straight to midwicket! Caught by Jaiswal!

Short c Jaiswal b sandeep 2 (7)

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A short ball by Burger, Sarfaraz pulls it over midwicket for a four! SHOT! Then he smacks him over backward square leg for a six!

RR – 29/3 (3.5)

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A bouncer by Burger and Mhatre tries to pull it, but no room offered! He edges, as proven on the UltraEdge, big spoke! Mhatre departs for a golden duck.

Mhatre c Jurel b Burger 0 (1)

RR – 19/3 (3.1)

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: GAIKWAD HAS TO LEAVE NOW! CSK LOSE BOTH OPENERS!

A full delivery by Archer, on the stumps. Gaikwad misses a straight delivery and it rattles the stumps! OUT!

Gaikwad b Archer 6 (11)

RR – 19/2 (3)

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A good delivery by Burger and it is full, not a good length. It moves away from Samson. He misses it, and it rattles the stumps! BOWLED!

Samson b Burger 6 (7)

RR – 14/1 (2)

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: The opening over sees Archer concede 7 runs as Samson also edges him for a four! It goes between the wicketkeeper and the short third man fielder.

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Action begins! Samson and Gaikwad are here to open the innings for CSK. Archer to open the bowling for RR.

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: CSK – Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Ayush Mhatre, Matthew Short, Shivam Dube, Kartik Sharma, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Matt Henry, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed

RR – Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Brijesh Sharma

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: After winning the toss, RR skipper Parag said, “We’re bowling first. There’s been a lot of rain here actually. So even though it is a red soil wicket, it’s going to be a little moisture. So we want to try and extract that in the first few overs and then see how we go back into the game. (On leading RR) It feels nice. It feels very overwhelming. I’ve been with this franchise for eight years now. And then seeing the transition that has happened from me being a 17-year-old to being here as captain, I feel the support has been incredible. All my peers have been really supportive and very helping towards me. So hopefully a good campaign for us. I think the goal is to win the championship. With the trades and the auction, I think what we’ve tried to do is have a lot of smart cricketers, a lot of all-rounders and people who have different skills, so that when we get conditions like this or a flat wicket in Mumbai or a green top in Kolkata, we can adapt and play accordingly. So that’s the plan. Our four overseas are Nandre, Jofra, Donovan and Shimron Hetmyer.”

Meanwhile, CSK captain Gaikwad said, “It was a no-brainer to bowl first actually. The wicket has been under the covers for a long time now, with overcast conditions as well, so we would have loved to bowl first, but neverheless, we’ll look to start positively. (On having a lot of youth in the squad) Well, it was not something which we decided at the start of the cycle, but you saw that how the last year really went for us. And that is how we thought we’ll go into the auction with some strategy behind it, whatever options that are available, what are the best options that are available and buy them into the team and buy them into the culture and let’s hope that they go really well. So that was the thought process behind it and hopefully it will work. Our overseas players are Matt Short, Jamie Overton, Noor and Matt Henry. We’re going with seven batters to start with. Hopefully if we get a start well, maybe the impact sub will come on later.”

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: RR captain Parag won the toss and opted to field.

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Toss will take place at 7:05 PM.

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: The square is still under covers and the super sopper is doing its rounds.

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: It was raining in Guwahati sometime ago and it has stopped now!

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: April 3: vs PBKS in Chennai

April 5: vs RCB in Bengaluru

April 11: vs DC in Chennai

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Prashant Veer has played only nine official T20s until now, and few games in the UPT20 league. He also has a reputation as a six-hitter down the order, and he also has similar bowling skills as ex-CSK player Jadeja.

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Jadeja has returned to RR and is 37 now. He has retired from T20Is but is expected to be a key player for RR this season in the middle overs. He is also up against his former side!

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Due to Dhoni’s injury, Samson is expected to don the gloves and will also open the batting order with Gaikwad. Also for the No. 3 spot, there will be a selection battle between Mhatre, Urvil, Sarfaraz.

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Due to Curran’s injury, RR will need to choose between SA all-rounder Ferreira, and SL player Shanaka. They might also have to chose between Burder and Milne, who is reportedly fit after missing the T20 World Cup due to injury.

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Adam Milne, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Nandre Burger, Kuldeep Sen, Sushant Mishra, Donovan Ferreira, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Vignesh Puthur, Ravi Singh, Aman Rao Perala, Brijesh Sharma

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Sanju Samson(w), Ayush Mhatre, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Urvil Patel, Matthew Short, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matt Henry, Anshul Kamboj, Akeal Hosein, Sarfaraz Khan, MS Dhoni, Dewald Brevis, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Chahar, Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Choudhary, Aman Khan, Gurjapneet Singh, Zakary Foulkes, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer

RR vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Good evening everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of today’s IPL 2026 match as RR take on CSK in Guwahati. It is a new-look RR squad and CSK also have some new faces. MS Dhoni won’t be in action due to an injury. Stay tuned!