Rajasthan Royals recorded a thrilling last-over win towards Lucknow Super Ginats in their opening IPL 2024 recreation on Sunday, March 24. Captain Sanju Smason led by instance by smashing 82 runs after which Trent Boult and Sandeep Sharma shone with a ball to assist the Royals put up a 20-run win.
The Royals handed a debut to commerce signing Avesh Khan in their taking part in XI after which substituted Nadre Burger in the second innings. Lucknow Super Giants additionally included Devdutt Padikkal in their beginning eleven for the primary time leaving out new gamers Shamar Joseph, Shivam Mavi, and Ashton Turner on the sidelines.
KL Rahul donned the wicketkeeping gloves forward of Quinton de Kock and Nicholas Pooran after which took a sensational catch to dismiss Jos Buttler on Naveen-ul-Haq’s supply in the second over. Yashasvi Jaiswal additionally walked out after scoring a fast 24 runs off 12 balls in the powerplay.
But a sensational 93-run stand between Samson and promoted Riyan Parag for the third wicket put Rajasthan on a observe for an enormous complete. Riyan missed his fifty by seven runs however Sanju managed to stay unbeaten on 82 runs of simply 52 balls. Dhruv Jurel additionally contributed with 20* runs because the Royals posted 193/4 in 20 overs.
Rajasthan Royals additionally loved a sensational begin with a ball with Trent Boult dismissing de Kock in the primary over after which Padikkal in the third over. Burger additionally made an on the spot impression on his debut by clinching Ayush Badoni’s wicket in the fourth over and left LSG crumbling to 11/3.
Deepak Hooda walked in as an alternative and smashed 26 off simply 14 balls to get Lucknow previous 50. But it was an 85-run stand for the fifth wicket between KL Rahul and Pooran that put LSG in the driving seat. Rahul scored 58 runs off 44 balls earlier than dropping his wicket to Sandeep Sharma in the seventeenth over.Â
Ravichandran Ashwin and Avesh Khan additionally bowled grasping spells in the loss of life overs as Nicholas Poorans struggled for giant photographs to shut the hole. Avesh conceded simply six runs in the final over to assist Rajasthan file a 20-run win. Tow factors boosted Rajasthan Royals to the highest of the factors desk whereas Lucknow slipped to eighth place.
Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer (substituted by Nandre Burger), Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: KL Rahul (c & wk), Quinton de Kock, Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur (substituted by Deepak Hooda).
