Sanju Samson (119 off 63 balls) scored a hundred on his Indian Premier League (IPL) captaincy debut however could not take his aspect Rajasthan Royals (RR) previous the end line, getting dismissed off the final ball of the match as his group misplaced to Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 4 runs on the Wankhede Stadium on Monday evening.
Notably, with the chic ton, which went in vain, Samson turned the primary man to get a hundred on IPL captaincy debut.
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RR regarded very a lot in the sport all through as Samson introduced the equation down to five runs off two balls. However, he refused to take a run on the second final ball after he had hit it to deep further cowl which might have fetched them a run, even a double. Instead, he eyed a glory shot for six on the final ball, however holed out to deep further cowl as his aspect fell quick by 4 runs.
RR had received off to a worse attainable begin, shedding their power-hitting all-rounder Ben Stokes to Mohammed Shami in the primary over of the innings. Soon Manan Vohra, the opposite opener was despatched again, leaving the Jaipur franchise at 25 for 2 in the fourth over.
What adopted although was an imperious present of batting from Samson as he clobbered seven sixes and 12 fours to take the sport to the wire.
He constructed a couple of half-century partnerships with Shivam Dube and Riyan Parag and one in every of 45 with Jos Buttler to maintain his group in the match.
Earlier, a 105-run partnership for the third wicket in simply 46 balls between skipper Ok.L. Rahul (91 off 50 balls) and Deepak Hooda (64 off 28 balls) helped Punjab Kings submit 221/6 in their 20 overs.
Punjab Kings, who misplaced opener Mayank Agarwal early, noticed Rahul and Chris Gayle add 67 for the second wicket with the West Indian batsman being the dominant accomplice as he gave his aspect the initiative.
Gayle’s 28-ball 40 comprised two sixes and 4 fours as he turned the first batsman to hit 350 sixes in the historical past of the Indian Premier League.
Gayle’s dismissal off Riyan Parag would have given hope to the Rajasthan franchise however then Hooda and Rahul pounded sixes.
Overs 13 and 14 bowled by Shivam Dube and Shreyas Gopal went for 20 every and noticed six sixes, 5 of these coming of Hooda’s bat.
From 110/2 in 12 overs, Punjab Kings moved to 150/2 in 14 overs.
The hammering did not finish there. After a couple of overs that went for 11 every, Punjab Kings took 15 off Chetan Sakariya, who had received the early wicket of Mayank Agarwal.
Even in the 18th over, when Rajasthan Royals removed Hooda and Nicholas Pooran, the Punjab franchise managed to get 14 runs.
Then got here 15 off Mustafizur Rahman’s fourth over, the innings’ nineteenth.
Young Saurashtra left-arm pacer Sakariya received two wickets in his final over and conceded simply 5 runs to complete as probably the most profitable Rajasthan Royals bowler with three wickets for 31 runs in his 4 overs.
Brief scores: Punjab Kings 221/6 in 20 overs (Ok.L. Rahul 91, C Gayle 40, D Hooda 64, C Sakariya 3/31, C Morris 2/40) vs Rajasthan Royals 217/7 in 20 overs (S Samson 119, R Parag 25, J Buttler 25, S Dube 23, Arshdeep 3/35).
