LSG vs RR, IPL 2024: Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel shine as Rajasthan Royals beat Lucknow Super Giants by 7 wickets | cricket news

Sanju Samson scored five runs less than his opposite number KL Rahul, but his unbeaten 71 off 33 balls had five times more impact than Rahul’s relatively quiet 76 off 48 balls as Rajasthan Royals thrashed Lucknow. Made a quantum leap towards the IPL play-offs by easily defeating India. Super Giants won by seven wickets at Ekana Cricket Stadium on Saturday. While Rahul is still the favorite to partner Rishabh Pant as the second glovesman in the T20 World Cup, Samson hit four brilliant sixes to keep himself in the discussion for the flight to the US, including a 197-run chase. Including the winning six in the chase. After Royals faltered from a fast start, Samson and Jurel came together and stitched a strong partnership of 121 runs in just 62 balls for the fourth wicket to give the home side the lead and lead their team to victory.

Chasing a tricky target of 197 with LSG deploying seven bowlers including two leg spinners, Rajasthan won at 199 for three with an over to spare.

On his part, young Jurel finally left the barren run behind, scoring an unbeaten 52 off 34 balls with the help of five fours and two sixes.

The win took leaders Rajasthan to 16 points – six points clear of second-best Kolkata Knight Riders – and one step closer to becoming the first team to reach the playoffs in the 17th edition. If the current mid-table mess is anything to go by, the play-off cut-off this year is likely to be 18 points.

LSG finished fourth with 10 points.

Rajasthan openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (24) and Jos Buttler (34) scored 60 runs without any loss, but their team went through a collapse in the next overs and lost three wickets in quick succession.

It started with Buttler running across his stumps and missing an angled fulltoss from Thakur, which clipped leg-stump for the first breakthrough.

Marcus Stoinis bowled a smooth ball outside off and invited the free-flowing Jaiswal to take it. The left-handed batsman obliged but could not connect well, finding Bishnoi at deep point.

LSG’s plan to tie down the Royals with leg-spin became clear when 41-year-old Amit Mishra came in as an impact substitute and dismissed Riyan Parag (11) in his first over.

After nine, Rajasthan slipped by 60 runs to 78/3 without loss and that was when Jurrell and Samson began their recovery work to get Rajasthan back on track.

Jurel and Samson started by hitting a six and a four respectively off Mishra to force the leg spinner onto the backfoot and Thakur took 17 runs in the second over.

Krunal Pandya (0/24) did well for his side with a few short overs in the middle, but RR got back into rhythm when Mohsin Khan came in the 14th over.

Jurel gave the left-hander 20 runs, including three fours and a six, in Mohsin’s third game and also got a reprieve when Thakur, placed at short third man, dropped a crucial catch when the RR batsman was on 32.

Bishnoi’s introduction in the 16th over had no impact, with RR taking complete control of the proceedings. As RR moved closer to the finish line, the leg spinner gave away 16 more runs.

Earlier in the first half, Rahul (76 off 48 balls) stitched a deep partnership with Deepak Hooda (50 off 31 balls) as Lucknow Super Giants posted a competitive score of 196/5 against Rajasthan Royals.

After the initial shock, Rahul and Hooda put on a strong position for LSG by making a partnership of 115 runs in 62 balls for the third wicket, but due to the failure of others, the host team could not take advantage of the hard work of these two.

Rahul’s inning of 76 runs in 48 balls with the help of eight fours and two sixes was his fourth fifty of this season, while Hooda made up for his poor score and made his first big score in this IPL.

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