Guwahati, April 11 -- The ACA Stadium may have been awash in red in support of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), with skipper Rajat Patidar admitting at the toss that "the crowd made them feel like this is a home ground because of their support," but their first outing in Guwahati ultimately slipped away.

Despite Patidar's gritty 35-ball half-century lifting RCB to a competitive 201/8, Rajasthan Royals had the final say, riding on explosive half centuries from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel to wrap up their assignments here with a commanding six-wicket win with two overs to spare.

With that fourth consecutive win, the Royals cemented their stay at the top of the IPL 2026 points table while RCB remained third with two wins and a los...