Sanju Samson penalised heavily over code of conduct breach following defeat to Gujarat Titans

Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson has been penalised for sustaining a gradual over-rate throughout their conflict with Gujarat Titans on Wednesday (April 10) on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

Rajasthan who entered the sport on the again of a four-match-long profitable streak, tasted their first defeat of the seventeenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as Titans held their nerve to sink them by three wickets in a nail-biting contest.

Samson has been penalised Rs 12 lakh for the incident being the primary of its form for Rajasthan within the ongoing season beneath the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimal over charge offences.

Notably, Samson loved an exquisite night with the willow in hand because the Rajasthan skipper performed an unbeaten 68-run knock off simply 38 balls. The 29-year-old hammered seven fours and two sixes throughout his whirlwind innings and batted at a strike charge of 178.94 to take his aspect to 196 for the loss of three wickets of their 20 overs.

Samson was concerned in a 130-run stand with Riyan Parag for the third wicket after Rajasthan misplaced each their openers inside the primary six overs and with simply 42 runs on the board. Riyan additionally contributed with a 76-run knock. Riyan’s innings got here at a strike charge of 158.33 and was studded with three boundaries and 5 sixes. 

Samson was perplexed when he was requested to pinpoint the juncture the place the sport slipped off their arms. He credited Gujarat Titans (GT) for his or her all-round effort on the sector of play and took classes from the defeat.

“(On where did Rajasthan lose) The last ball of the game (laughs). To be honest, it is very hard to speak at this moment. The captain has the hardest job in the league to speak after losing the game and to tell where we lost is tough. Maybe after a few hours, I can tell,” stated Sanju through the post-match presentation.

“You have to give credit to the Gujarat Titans the way they batted, bowled and fielded. We will learn from this and move on.”

“(On the score) When I was batting, I thought something around 180 would be a fighting score. I thought 197 was a winning score. There was no dew and the wicket was a bit dry and low. With our bowling attack, we should have done it but they batted well. It was not easy to go hard enough at the start of our innings. We paced our innings well. 197 at Jaipur, without dew, you will take it any day,” he added.