Sanju Samson’s ‘roaring message’ to T20 World Cup selectors, heated clash between RR trump LSG. Look cricket news

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson made the most of his opportunity by scoring an unbeaten 71 runs in 33 balls and beating a similar effort from Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul (76 runs in 48 balls) ahead of T20 World Cup squad selection. raised. Rajasthan Royals, one of the most in-form teams this IPL, won by seven wickets on Saturday, with Samson leading his side from the front. The battle for wicketkeepers remains one of the most intense in T20 World Cup 2024 squad selection, and Samson proved why he deserves to be No. 1 in that order.

Samson, who hit his fourth half-century of IPL 2024 off 28 balls, shared an unbeaten 121-run partnership with Dhruv Jurel, who scored his maiden IPL half-century, as Rajasthan Royals posted 199/3 in 19 overs in reply to Lucknow. Super Giants’ score of 196/5 was made possible by Rahul’s brilliant innings and his 115-run partnership with Deepak Hooda (50).

Samson, who had scores of 82*, 69, 68* before Saturday’s brilliant innings, hit seven fours and four sixes in another brilliant innings, helping Rajasthan Royals recover from two early wickets and with the help of Jurel, Who scored unbeaten 52 runs on 34 runs. Ball scored 121 runs for the fourth wicket partnership to give RR a comfortable win at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.

With this win, table toppers Rajasthan Royals have moved to 16 points from eight wins in nine matches, opening a huge six-point gap at the top of the table. LSG finished fourth with 10 points, same as Kolkata Knight Riders (2nd), Sunrisers Hyderabad (3rd) and Delhi Capitals (5th). They have played nine matches while KKR and SRH have played eight matches each. DC has played 10 matches so far.

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After the game, Samson said at the post-match presentation ceremony: “I’m very fortunate to be behind the wicket. There was some shopping with the new ball and then it was a good wicket to bat on. The guys who came in and bowled power. -One over in play did an important job, the beginning and end of the innings were good.

“We gave away some runs in the middle overs. Form is temporary in this format. We have seen Jurel in Tests. We have confidence in him. He is batting in the nets sometimes for an hour and sometimes two hours. “We’re really doing that.” Ok. We are also a little lucky. We need to get the process right. We discuss one game at a time.

With IANS inputs