Yashasvi Jaiswal scripts history as RR star breaks multiple IPL records
Yashasvi Jaiswal's explosive 77 powered Rajasthan Royals to a 27-run victory over Mumbai Indians in a rain-shortened IPL 2026 clash. Jaiswal's innings, featuring 10 boundaries and four sixes, propelled RR to the top of the table. His century of sixes in the IPL is a remarkable feat, underscoring his destructive batting prowess and consistent performance for the franchise.
Yashasvi Jaiswal delivered a breathtaking display of power-hitting as Rajasthan Royals continued their dominant run in IPL 2026, overpowering Mumbai Indians by 27 runs in a rain-curtailed 11-over contest at Guwahati. The victory marked RR’s third on the bounce, lifting them to the top of the points table with six points. Opening alongside teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Jaiswal set the tone early with an explosive stand worth 80 runs, dismantling the MI attack with fearless strokeplay.
His unbeaten 77 off just 32 deliveries, laced with 10 boundaries and four sixes, powered RR to a formidable 150/3. The left-hander’s innings was not just impactful but historic. He now joins an elite group of Royals batters with 100-plus sixes in the IPL, alongside Sanju Samson (192), Jos Buttler (135), and Shane Watson (109).
Jaiswal’s tally of 100 sixes underlines his rapid rise as one of the franchise’s most destructive batters. Most 50-plus scores for RR in the IPL 25 - Jos Buttler (82 inns) 25 - Sanju Samson (144 inns) 19 - Yashasvi Jaiswal (69 inns) 19 - Ajinkya Rahane (93 inns) His consistency has been equally striking. With 19 scores of fifty or more in just 69 innings, he is already level with Ajinkya Rahane in the Royals’ all-time list, trailing only Samson and Buttler at the top.
Against Mumbai Indians in particular, Jaiswal has developed a remarkable record. In nine innings, he has amassed 373 runs at an average of 53. 28 and an astonishing strike rate of 187.