Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants battled a good competition on 24th March in IPL 2024. Rajasthan won the match by 20 runs. Rajasthan Royals won this on their home ground at Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur. Sanju Samson is leading Rajasthan Royals. Lucknow Super Giants is led by K L Rahul. The brilliant spell of Sandeep Sharma in death overs helped Rajasthan to won the match.
Sanju Samson won man of the Match title for his 82 runs in 52 balls. A greater team performance contributed to Rajasthan Royals’ home victory. Rajasthan Royals set the target of 194 runs for Lucknow Super Giants. But, Lucknow Super Giants remained 20 runs behind from the Target. Nicolas Pooran and K L Rahul tried to get the victory with good partnership contribution but the Sandeep Sharma stopped them to won the match.
Key Moments and Records
- Sanju Samson scored 82 runs in 52 deliveries. Sanju has scored consecutive fifty plus score since 2020 in his first IPL match.
- Krunal Pandya bowled a good spell. He gave just 19 runs from his spell.
- Sanju Samson (23*) levels with Jos Butler and Ajinkiya Rahane for highest number of Fifties in IPL from Rajasthan Royals.
- Trent Boult picked 23 wickets since 2020 in the first over of an innings. No other bowlers picked more than eight wickets.
- Nicholas Pooran (114*) hit maximum sixes in the IPL since season 2023.
Toss
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and choose to bat first.
Teams
Lucknow Super Giants
KL Rahul(c/w), Quinton de Kock, Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur
Substitute for Impact Player
Deepak Hooda, Mayank Yadav, Amit Mishra, Prerak Mankad, K Gowtham
Rajasthan Royals
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal
Substitute for Impact Player
Nandre Burger, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Shubham Dube, Kuldeep Sen
1st Innings Highlights
Rajasthan lost his 2 wickets in first five overs of the inning on the score of 49 runs. Naveen-ul haq picked Butler on last ball of 2nd over. Butler departed after contributing 11 runs from 9 balls including 2 fours. K L Rahul caught him behind the stumps. Mohsin Khan dismissed Jaiswal on last ball of fifth over. Krunal Pandya caught him on mid-on. Jaiswal contributed quick 24 runs in 12 balls with 3 fours and 1 Six in the inning. Jaiswal sent Mohsin to SIX on 5th ball of 5th over. He sent the ball over the fine leg. In same over, Sanju Samson collected SIX on third ball of the over. He sent ball over the backward square leg.
Butler 11(9) [4s-2], Jaiswal 24(12) [4s-3, 6s-1], Sanju Samson 13*(9)
After 5 Overs, Rajasthan Royals: 49/2
Riyan Parag hit a MAXIMUM on 2nd ball of 9th over bowled by Yash Thakur. Riyan sent the ball over wide mid-on. Sanju Samson hit Yash Thakur in the same over with two consecutive SIX on last two balls of the over. Sanju measured the SIX over the deep backward leg on 5th ball. He sent the 6th ball over the mid-wicket for MAXIMUM. Rajasthan Royals collected 21 from the over.
Parag 17*(13) and Sanju Samson 35*(26)
After 10 Overs, Rajasthan Royals: 89/2
Riyan Parag hit Ravi Bishnoi with two SIX in 11th over. He smashed 2nd ball of over wide-on, and 4th ball over over long-on. It brought 100 for Rajasthan Royals. Sanju Samson completed 21st IPL fifty in 13th over with a single on 4th ball of 12th over bowled by Ravi Bishnoi. Riyan hit a SIX on the 4th ball of 15th over bowled by Naveen-ul-Haq. He shot the ball over long-off. Naveen-ul-Haq took him on the next ball. Substitute Hooda took his catch by running from deep square leg.
Riyan Parag 43(29) [4s-1, 6s-3], Sanju Samson 59*(39), Shimron Hetmyer 1*(1)
After 15 Overs, Rajasthan Royals: 143/3
Ravi Bishnoi sent Hetmyer to pavallion on 3rd ball of 17th over. Rahul caught him Dhruv Jurel hit a SIX on last ball of 17th over. He departed the ball over the long-on. Sanju Samson smashed a SIX on a free hit bowled by Yash Thakur on last ball of 18th over. Sanju measured a towering hit to the crowd. Sanju Samson slammed a huge hit to SIX on 5th ball of last over. He sent ball over deep cover. Rajasthan Royals ended his inning with 193 runs on board.
Hetmyer 5(7), Sanju Samson 82*(52) [4s-3], Dhruv Jurel 20*(12) [4s-1, 6s-1]
After 20 Overs, Rajasthan Royals: 193/4
Lucknow Super Giants need 194 runs to win.
2nd Innings Highlights
Quinton de Cock and K L Rahul came to chase the target of 194 for Lucknow Super Giants. Trent Boult started bowling for Rajasthan Royals to begin the journey with a victory in IPL 2024. Boult gave a positive start to Rajasthan as he picked up Quinton on 5th ball of first over. Nandre Burger picked the catch of de Cock. Boult dismissed Devdatt Padikkal in the 3rd over of inning. Boult bowled him on the second ball of the over.
Nandre Burger picked newly batsman Ayush Badoni on first ball of the 4th over. Butler caught him on mid-off. Deepak Hooda replaced Ayush Badoni, and he started inning in style. Deepak came as impact player, he begun his inning with the responsibility that was given to him. Hooda hit a SIX on 3rd ball of 4th over followed by FOUR on the next ball. Boult and Burger destroyed the top order of Lucknow Super Giants in first 5 overs.
de Cock 4(5) [4s-1], Padikkal 0(3), Ayush Badoni 1(5), K L Rahul 7*(11), Deepak Hooda 16*(6)
Boult 3-0-15-2, Burger 2-0-13-1
After 5 Overs, Lucknow Super Giants – 32/3
Lucknow need 162 runs to win from 15 overs
K L Rahul sent Ravi Ashwin to SIX on the first ball of the Sixth over. Rahul hit slog sweep over deep backward square. Deepak Hooda picked Avesh Khan in next over. He hit the third ball of the seventh over to SIX over mid-wicket. But, in next over, Chahal picked up the wicket of impact player Hooda. Dhruv Jurel caught him at mid-wicket on the third ball of the eight over of inning. Nicholas Pooran collected SIX from 5th ball of the tenth over of inning bowled by Chahal. Pooran sent the ball over the long-off.
Deepak Hooda 26(13) [4s-2 6s-2], KL Rahul 25*(25), Nicholas Pooran 10*(9)
Chahal 2-0-14-1
After 10 Overs, Lucknow Super Giants – 76/4
Lucknow Super Giants need 118 runs from 10 overs.
K L Rahul smashed a SIX on the fourth ball of the eleventh over to Nandre Burger followed by two consecutive FOUR. The ball gone over the mid-wicket. Lucknow Super Giants collected 17 runs from the over. Nicholas Pooran collected 6-4-6 from three consecutive deliveries of the thirteenth over. Trent Boult bowled this over to end his spell for the day. This over gave 20 runs to Lucknow Super Giants. K L Rahul completed his fifty with a single on the second ball of 14th over bowled by R Ashwin.
K L Rahul 56*(41), Nicholas Pooran 37*(23)
After 15 Overs, Lucknow Super Giants – 134/4
Lucknow need 60 runs in 30 balls
Pooran collected SIX from the second ball of the sixteenth over bowled by Chahal. After 16 overs, 49 runs were needed from 24 balls. Sandeep Sharma dismissed on the first ball of the seventeenth over. Dhruv Jurel completed the catch at sweeper cover. Nicholas Pooran completed his fifty on last ball of this over with a FOUR. After 17 overs, 42 runs were needed from 18 balls.
Ashwin picked Stoinis on the third ball of eighteenth over. Dhruv Jurel picked another catch to deep mid-wicket. Rajasthan Royals took control on the match in this over. After 18 overs, 38 runs were needed from 12 balls. The nineteenth over came with 11 runs for Lucknow Super Giants. Nicholas Pooran collected two BOUNDARY from this over. Lucknow Super Giants need 27 runs from last over. Avesh Khan bowled a brilliant last over, he gave only 6 runs from the over. Rajasthan Royals took the win for their team at home.
K L Rahul 58(44) [4s-4, 6s-2], Stoinis 3(4), Nicholas Pooran 64*(41), Krunal Pandya 3*(5)
Sandeep Sharma 3-0-22-1, Ravinchandran Ashwin 4-0-35-1
Result
Rajasthan Royals won by 20 runs
Player of the Match
Sanju Samson