India, April 8 -- Rajasthan Royals inflicted on Mumbai Indians a crushing 27-run defeat in their rain-curtailed IPL match here on Tuesday.

Having posted a formidable 150 for three in the game that was reduced to 11-overs-a-side contest following a rain delay, RR bowlers stopped MI at 123 for nine in their full quota of overs.

Asked to bat first, openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi went all guns blazing from the get-go, putting on 80 runs in only 5 overs at the Barsapara Stadium.

Jaiswal top-scored with an unbeaten 77 off 32 balls, while the 15-year-old Sooryavanshi plundered 39 runs in just 14 deliveries, including whacking the great Jasprit Bumrah for two sixes in his very first over.

Earlier in the evening, Yashasvi Ja...