Guwahati: Vaibhav Suryavanshi certainly owned the term ‘impact player’ on Friday. 15 year old batting sensation created a stir on the field Rajasthan RoyalsChasing a target of 202 runs at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium here, defending champions RCB scored 78 runs in 26 balls as the hosts won by four wickets with two overs to spare. With their fourth consecutive win, the Royals remain at the top of the table with 8 points from as many matches, while RCB remain at the third position with four points after three matches.Suryavanshi’s magic at this young age is such that even Dhruv Jurel’s brilliant innings of unbeaten 81 runs in 43 balls (8×4, 3×6) came to naught. When the show Sooryavanshi is on, everyone else can take a back seat. Just three days after hitting a six off Jasprit Bumrah’s first ball in the match against Mumbai Indians at the same ground, Suryavanshi took on Josh Hazlewood regardless of his reputation as one of the leading bowlers in the world. The Australian, returning from injury, was welcomed with a hat-trick of fours and then a six over deep square leg in his second over.In the next over, the fifth over of the RR innings, in came Bhuvneshwar Kumar for punishment, who was hit for two consecutive sixes as Suryavanshi completed his half-century off 15 balls.

The sequence ended after Virat Kohli was caught by Krunal Pandya at long on on the first ball of the ninth over. However, by the time he was out, Suryavanshi had ensured Rajasthan’s victory, with the team at 129/2 in 8.1 overs.Jurel ensured there were no interruptions in his unbroken fifth-wicket partnership with Ravindra Jadeja (24 not out off 25 balls).Earlier, Rajat Patidar took RCB to 201/8 after the start was delayed by over an hour due to rain. While most of his top-order teammates either did not get starts or failed to convert, Patidar played a captain’s innings amid some tough middle overs by the Rajasthan Royals bowlers in front of a crowd cheering for the defending champions. His innings of 63 runs off 40 balls with the help of four fours and as many sixes along with some late charges from ‘impact player’ Venkatesh Iyer (29 not out in 15 balls) and Romario Shepherd (22 runs in 11 balls) helped RCB reach a strong total of 201/8.Kohli, who was responsible for garnering the ‘home’ support, gave the sell-out crowd ample reason to cheer with some trademark shots.