Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Supergiants: Captain Sanju Samson Leads Team to Victory with 82* Runs

2024-03-24 20:57:00

Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals won their IPL league match against Lucknow Supergiants by 20 runs. In the match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium yesterday, Rajasthan team captain Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to bat first. Yashashvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler started the Royals innings together. Buttler scored 11 runs, Jaiswal scored 24 runs (12 balls, 3 fours, 1 six) and returned to the pavilion.

Sanju Samson – Ryan Barak pair played aggressively for the 3rd wicket and increased the score. Samson scored a 33-ball half-century. Barak scored 43 runs (29 balls, 1 four, 3 sixes), Shimron Hedmyer took 5 runs and took the wicket. In the last phase, Samson – Dhruv Jurel showed action, Rajasthan Royals accumulated 193 runs for the loss of 4 wickets at the end of 20 overs.
Samson was unbeaten on 82 (52 balls, 3 fours, 6 sixes) and Jurrell was unbeaten on 20 runs (12 balls, 1 four, 1 six).

For Lucknow, Naveen Ul Haq took 2 wickets, Moshin Khan and Ravi Bishnoi took 1 wicket each. Next, Supergiants came in with a somewhat tough target of 194 runs in 20 overs. De Kock 4, Devdut Padikal 0, Ayush Badoni out for 1 run… Lucknow lost 3 wickets for 11 runs in 3.1 overs. In this situation, the pair of captain KL Rahul – Deepak Hooda added 49 runs. Hooda’s 26 (13 balls, 2 fours, 2 sixes) was caught by Jurel in the spin of Vlasi Chahal.

Next, KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran played together and gave hope to the Lucknow team. The pair added 85 runs for the 5th wicket. Pooran scored a 30-ball half-century. Rahul scored 58 runs (44 balls, 4 fours, 2 sixes), Marcus Stoinis scored 3 runs and returned to the pavilion.

Lucknow scored only 173 runs for the loss of 6 wickets at the end of 20 overs and lost by 20 runs. Pooran’s 64 (41 balls, 4 fours, 4 sixes) and Krunal Pandya remained unbeaten with 3 runs. In Rajasthan bowling, Trent Boult took 2 wickets, Burger, Ashwin, Chahal and Sandeep Sharma took 1 wicket each. Samson won the man of the match award. Rajasthan dropped 2 points.

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