RR vs LSG Latest News: Rajasthan Royals started off their IPL season with a clinical win over Lucknow Super Giants at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday. Sanju Samson slammed a terrific 82 off 52 deliveries to lift the Royals to a good total of 193 runs.
Winning the toss and opting to bat first, Samson saw some early setbacks with the fall of Jos Buttler and Yashaswi Jaiswal. But once he walked in the middle, Samson played with his usual flair along with a studied calmness. Partnering him was young Riyan Parag, who scored 43 runs in the match number 4 of Tata IPL 2024.
On the other hand, visitors Lucknow Super Giants did overcome the powerplay disaster courtesy skipper KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran. However, it was not enough. RR’s death over specialist Sandeep Sharma halted Lucknow’s pace and in the last over Avesh Khan brilliantly defended 25 runs to help RR post a season opener win at home.
RR vs LSG – Scoreboard
Rajasthan Royals:
- Yashasvi Jaiswal c Pandya b Mohsin 24
- Jos Buttler c Rahul b Naveen-ul-Haq 11
- Sanju Samson not out 82
- Riyan Parag c sub (Hooda) b Naveen-ul-Haq 43
- Shimron Hetmyer 5
- Dhruv Jurel not out 20
- Extras: 8 (lb-1, w-6, nb-1)
- Total: 193/4 in 20 overs
- Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-49, 3-142, 4-150 Bowling: Mohsin Khan 4-0-45-1, Naveen-ul-Haq 4-0-41-2, Krunal Pandya 4-0-19-0, Ravi Bishnoi 4-0-38-1, Yash Thakur 3-0-43-0, Ayush Badoni 1-0-6-0.
Lucknow Super Giants
- Quinton de Kock c Burger b Boult 4
- KL Rahul c Jurel b Sandeep 58
- Devdutt Padikkal b Boult 0
- Ayush Badoni c Buttler b Burger 1
- Deepak Hooda c Jurel b Chahal 26
- Nicholas Pooran not out 64
- Marcus Stoinis c Jurel b Ashwin 3
- Krunal Pandya not out 3
- Extras: 14 (lb-5, w-9)
- Total: 173/6 in 20 overs
- Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-10, 3-11, 4-60, 5-145, 6-154 Bowling: Trent Boult 4-0-35-2, Nandre Burger 3-0-30-1, Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-35-1, Avesh Khan 3-0-21-0, Yuzvendra Chahal 3-0-25-1, Sandeep Sharma 3-0-22-1.
(With PTI inputs)