Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson is having his finest IPL season but as he notched up 500 runs in the continued version. Even although he scored simply 18 runs towards the Punjab Kings on Wednesday, May 15 in Guwahati, Samson grew to become solely the second batter in IPL to attain 3000 runs batting at No 3 after Suresh Raina as he notched up the feat after scoring his tenth run towards Punjab. While Raina continues to be greater than 1900 runs away, Samson too has made distance with the likes of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, who’re No 3 and 4 on the listing.
Most runs at No 3 in IPL
Suresh Raina (CSK, GL) – 4,934 runs in 171 innings
Sanju Samson (RR, DD) – 3,008 runs in 90 innings
Virat Kohli (RCB) – 2,815 runs in 93 innings
AB de Villiers (DD, RCB) – 2,188 runs in 58 innings
Manish Pandey (KKR, DC, MI, RCB, LSG, PWI, SRH) – 1,942 runs in 72 innings
Samson’s efficiency with the bat has been one of many key causes behind Rajasthan Royals’s spectacular run in the 2024 version of the IPL aside from Riyan Parag’s emergence. Yes, the Royals have suffered a hiccup in the previous couple of matches with three successive losses, nonetheless, they nonetheless are a top quality facet and with playoffs confirmed, Samson would eye a 600-plus season with the T20 World Cup coming.
As far because the match is worried, the Punjab Kings learn the circumstances effectively and the likes of Sam Curran, Nathan Ellis and Harshal Patel deployed their slower deliveries effectively and the Royals, who needed to submit a giant complete after selecting to bat first, didn’t learn the circumstances and ended up with a below-par rating.
Local boy Riyan Parag did rating a couple of in the tip to take them to 140-plus however they must bowl out of their skins to defend that.
