{"id":48122,"date":"2026-04-10T23:06:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=48122"},"modified":"2026-04-10T23:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:38:37","slug":"ipl-2026-rr-vs-rcb-rrs-97-run-powerplay-crush-ranks-fifth-all-time-in-ipl-record-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026-rr-vs-rcb-rrs-97-run-powerplay-crush-ranks-fifth-all-time-in-ipl-record-books\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 RR vs RCB: RR\u2019s 97-run Powerplay crush ranks fifth all-time in IPL record books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RR smash 97 in Powerplay to post fifth-highest start in IPL history<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rajasthan Royals produced a brutal Powerplay against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, racing to 97\/1 in the first six overs in Guwahati. It is now the fifth-highest Powerplay score in IPL history.<\/p>\n<p>Vaibhav Sooryavanshi led the charge with another explosive start, setting the tone early with clean hitting against the new ball. Yashasvi Jaiswal added early momentum with two big sixes off Josh Hazlewood before falling for 13.<\/p>\n<h3>Sooryavanshi fifty powers record Powerplay<\/h3>\n<p>Even after the early wicket, RR did not slow down. Sooryavanshi kept attacking, finding boundaries regularly against Abhinandan Singh and then taking on Hazlewood with a sequence of 4, 4, 4, 6. He raced to a record-breaking fifty in just 15 balls, putting RCB under pressure immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Dhruv Jurel then took over in the sixth over, smashing 24 runs with a mix of boundaries and sixes to close out the Powerplay in style.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Jaiswal\u2019s dismissal, RR\u2019s intent never dropped. The partnership between Sooryavanshi and Jurel ensured a dominant start, leaving RCB chasing the game early in a high-scoring contest.<\/p>\n<p>Fastest team 100 for Rajasthan Royals in IPL came in 6.2 overs vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Guwahati, 2026 (tonight).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Highest Powerplay Scores in the IPL<\/u><\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>125\/0 \u2013 SRH vs DC, Delhi, 2024<\/p>\n<p>107\/0 \u2013 SRH vs LSG, Hyderabad, 2024<\/p>\n<p>105\/0 \u2013 KKR vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2017<\/p>\n<p>100\/2 \u2013\u00a0CSK vs KXIP, Mumbai (Wankhede), 2014<\/p>\n<p><b>97\/1 \u2013 RR vs RCB, Guwahati, 2026, Tonight<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RR smash 97 in Powerplay to post fifth-highest start in IPL history Rajasthan Royals produced a brutal Powerplay against Royal\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":48123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48122"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48125,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48122\/revisions\/48125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}