TEAMS: LSG vs RR
TIME: 7:30 PM
VENUE: EKANA SPORTS CITY, LUCKNOW.
TOSS: RR WON THE TOSS AND DECIDED TO BALL FIRST.
FIRST INNINGS
POWERPLAY
In this match between RR vs LSG, After winning the toss, Rajasthan gave the challenge of bowling to Lucknow and on the third ball Trent Boult took the wicket of D. Kock and also told why he took this decision and gave it. De. Kock made only 8 runs in 3 balls. And then Sandeep Sharma dismissed M. Stoinis in the very next over and he would be out without opening his account. And till that time Lucknow was at the loss of 2 wickets for 11 runs but after that Lucknow’s captain KL. Rahul and Deepak Hooda took charge of the batting in the power play and after 6 overs Lucknow made 46 runs at the loss of 2 wickets.
AFTER POWERPLAY
But after the power play, Lucknow’s captain KL. Rahul and Deepak Hooda Both batted well and took the team’s run rate above 10 and this continued till the 13th over because in the 13th over R. Ashwin got Deepak Hooda out and after that Rajasthan did a comeback and Lucknow’s run rate decreased after then. I did it and then in the 16th over Sandeep Sharma took his second wicket and ended the struggle-filled innings of N. Pooran as N. Pooran could score only 11 runs in 11 balls, and after that due to not getting help from the other thief to Kl. Rahul also got out by Avesh Khan while trying to play a big shot. Then the remaining batsmen also could not score many runs in the last overs and Lucknow was all out for 196 runs after completing 20 overs.
SECOND INNING
POWERPLAY
At the start of the second innings, both the opening batter batted brilliantly and gave Rajasthan a good start in this run chase, but when the powerplay ended in the 6th over, Jos Buttler made 34 runs in 18 balls and Rajasthan was on 60 for 1 wicket in the powerplay.
AFTER POWERPLAY
In the very next over after the powerplay, Y. Jaiswal also got M. Stoinis out and Jaiswal also got out after scoring 24 runs in 18 balls, and then a small partnership started between R. Parag and S. Samson, and in the meantime, Amit Mishra also got R.Parag out and he went back to the pavilion after scoring only 14 runs in 11 balls and at that time Rajasthan had lost 3 wickets for 78 runs and it seemed that Lucknow had made a comeback here, but Rajasthan’s captain S. Samson and D. Jurel made an unbeatable partnership and took their team towards victory.
In which Lucknow’s team also took 1 catch had left it but in the end, Rajasthan won the match by 7 wickets in the 19th over and Rajasthan’s captain S. Samson remained unbeaten by scoring 71 runs in 33 balls and D. Jurel remained unbeaten by scoring 54 runs in 34 balls.
Player Of The Match: Sanju Samson was named POTM for his match-winning fifty.