IPL Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants: Marcus Stoinis’ knock goes in vain as Yuzvendra Chahal stars in 3-run thrilling victory over LSG.
Highlights Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants, TATA IPL 2022
AS IT HAPPEND: Marcus Stoinis’ knock goes in vain as Yuzvendra Chahal stars in 3-run thrilling victory over LSG. Marcus Stoinis Keeps LSG alive in the game. Quinton de Kock, Krunal Pandya depart in quick succession for LSG. Yuzvendra Chahal gets rid of the dangerous Ayush Badoni. Krunal Pandya is the new man in. Kuldeep Sen gets rid of the dangerous Deepak Hooda. Ayush Badoni is the new man in. Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hooda Re-Build After Early Setback. Prasidh Krishna removes Jason Holder as Lucknow lose third wicket. Trent Boult shell shocks Lucknow with two quick wickets in the first over itself. Shimron Hetmyer’s masterclass takes Rajasthan to 165/6 in 20 overs. Krishnappa Gowtham picks up 2 quick wickets, dents Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan Lose Sanju Samson and Devdutt Padikkal in quick succession. Avesh Khan removes Jos Buttler, picks up the all important wicket for Lucknow. Jos Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal open innings for Rajasthan Royals. Lucknow Super Giants have won the toss and elected to bowl first.
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Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Rassie van der Dussen, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Kuldeep Sen, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Krishnappa Gowtham, Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan.
Brief Scores:
Rajasthan Royals: 165 for 6 in 20 overs (Shimron Hetmyer 59 not out; Krishnappa Gowtham 2/30).
Lucknow Super Giants: 162 for 8 in 20 overs (Quinton de Kock 39, Marcus Stoinis 38 not out; Yuzvendra Chahal 4/41).
IPL 2022 Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants : That’s that from the Wankhede
It looked like it might be a one-sided contest a number of times throughout the LSG innings but somehow, it did come down to the last three balls. That brings LSG’s winning run to an end at three matches, RR jump to the top of the table with three wins from four matches. SunRisers Hyderabad will be facing Gujarat Titans tomorrow at the DY Patil stadium so do tune it for that.
Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants: ‘It was Neesham’s idea’
Boult says he is being careful not to give Neesham too much credit but it was his New Zealand team mate who suggested to bowl the spear that he directed at Rahul. “It was a late call in the morning. It was Neesham’s idea. Rahul is a great player, he has had my number a few times but nice for a plan like that to come off,” Boult tells the host broadcaster.
IPL 2022: KL Rahul couldn’t even see that delivery from Trent Boult
“I didn’t see it, otherwise would’ve put bat on it. Was a good ball, got to give it to Boult,” Rahul tells the broadcasters about the ball from Boult that got him out for a golden duck. He says that bringing Stoinis in at No.8 was always the plan. “We know how dangerous he is, so we wanted him after the 15th over. But we have options and we will try to be unpredictable and shuffle the batting order sometimes,” he said.
Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants Score: RR beat LSG by 3 runs
Stoinis hits a four and a six off the last two balls but that won’t count for much. The Australian ends with an unbeaten 38 off 17 balls. This match went this way and Stoinis has done a herculean job to take this match into the last three balls considering how relentless RR were throughout this innings. LSG might just consider taking the Australian all-rounder up the order after this game, No.8 is just too low for someone as talented as him.