LSG vs RR highlights, IPL 2024: Rajasthan Royals defeats Lucknow Super Giants by seven wickets

Yash Thakur. Two singles in two balls. Fifth ball and Samson smacks it towards midwicket for four. Samson finishes it off in style. Full toss and Samson hits it over fine leg. 

Rajasthan wins by seven wickets.

Mohsin Khan. Samson drives towards covers and gets a double. Good effort by Stoinis in the deep. Miscommunication between the batters but Mohsin fails to collect the ball and Jurel is home. Nothing happening right for LSG. Salt on the wounds. Samson smashes the ball towards midwicket for SIX. Gets to his fifty in 28 balls. Jurel too gets to his fifty in 31 balls. SIX! Samson picks the ball over fine leg. 

Yash Thakur. FOUR! Jurel hammers the bouncer towards square leg. Follows it up with a double towards midwicket. RR has taken complete control of the runchase. 10 runs from the over. 

Ravi Bishnoi is into the attack. FOUR! Samson slogs towards leg side. Full toss and Samson hits it over cover for four! SIX!! Samson pulls it over midwicket to end the over. Outstanding batting. 

Pandya for his last. Samson reverse hits and gets a four! Outstanding shot over point. Nine runs from the over. 

Mohsin for his third. Short ball and Jurel cuts towards deep point for four! Lovely hit that. Follows it up with a ramp shot over keeper for a SIX! Terrific batting. And another four! Pulls towards backward square leg. DROPPED! Jurel slashes straight short third but the fielder isn’t able to grab the ball. FOUR! Jurel gets an edge and once again Yash Thakur attempts a catch at short third and once again drops it. This was a lot difficult though. To make it worse, the ball goes for four. 20 runs from that over. 

Pandya for his third. Three singles in first three balls. Five runs in that over. Pandya has been brilliant so far. 

Yash for his second over. FOUR! Jurel plays a lofted cover drive for four! Beautiful shot. Seven runs in four balls so far. Full toss and Samson slaps it straight for four. Asking to be hit. FOUR to end the over. Samson hits the ball towards extra cover. 

Mishra continues. SIX! Jurel charges down the track and hits it over long on. FOUR! Down the leg and Samson hits it fine of short fine leg. 12 runs from the over. 

Pandya continues. Just three singles in that over. 

Amit Mishra for the very first time this season. He’s in place for Quinton de Kock. 

Two singles in two balls. SIX! Short ball and Parag smacks him over midwicket. OUT! Parag is gone. Parag tries to go over cover but gets caught in the deep. Mishra strikes in his first over. 

Dhruv Jurel is the new man in. Eight runs and a wicket in that over. 

Krunal Pandya into the attack. Parag pushes for double on the first ball. Six runs in first five balls. Seven runs from the over. 

Marcus Stoinis into the attack. OUT! Jaiswal is gone on the first ball. Tries to go over cover boundary but ends up giving an easy catch in the deep. He’s out for 24 in 18 balls. 

Riyan Parag replaces Chahal as impact sub. He’s in at number four. He’s off the mark with a single. Just two runs so far in five balls. Three in the over. 

Yash Thakur. Full on the pads and Buttler places it towards square leg and gets a boundary. Another boundary this time by Jaiswal. Short ball slapped over cover for four. OUT! Buttler is gone. Buttler comes down the track, slightly moves across, misses the ball that hit directly on the leg stump. He goes for 34 off 18. 

Sanju Samson at the crease. 10 runs from the over. 

Henry continues. Slot ball and Buttler hits it over mid on for four! Pushes the ball towards covers and the batters run three. Jaiswal goes for a slog but misses the ball. FOUR! Buttler pulls it towards square leg. 13 from the over. 

Mohsin continues. Buttler smacks the ball straight for four. Punches the ball towards extra cover and gets a double. Eight runs in first four balls so far. Nine runs more added to the total. 

Henry for his second. SIX! Buttler ramps and gets the ball over the fine leg boundary. Good use of Henry’s pace. Just eight runs from that over though. 

Mohsin from the other end. Squares up Jaiswal but it is the batter who gets a boundary. Seven runs from the over. 

Jaiswal and Buttler, the usual suspects to open the innings. Matt Henry with the new ball. 

Single on the first ball by Jaiswal. Beats Buttler by pace. Even Rahul isn’t able to grab it properly and the batters take a run. SIX! In the slot and Jaiswal hits it over long on. Follows it up with a four! This time over mid off. 13 from the first over. 

Only four fielders outside the circle due slow over-rate. 

Sandeep Sharma. Bouncer and Pandya hits it over short fine leg for four. Double on the next ball. Another double. Pushed through long on and misfield helps. Single on the fourth ball. Another single on the fifth. And only a double on the last ball as well. Great over by Sandeep. 

Boult for his last over. Three runs in three balls. Splendid bowling by Royals this. Not giving away boundaries easily. JUST six runs in that over. Super stuff by Boult. 

Avesh for his final over. Plenty of focus on running between the wickets. Double on the first ball. Short ball, Rahul upper cuts it straight to deep backward point! Rahul is gone for 76. 

Krunal Pandya at number seven. Badoni trying to be busy around the crease. Not able to time the ball though. Seven runs from the over. 

Ashwin for his last. Down the leg full toss that goes for four! Five runs off that ball. Badoni reverse sweeps and gets a four! 15 runs from the over. 

Sandeep is back. OUT! Picks Pooran on the first ball. Bouncer and Pooran pulls it straight to deep square leg. Important wicket this. Ayush Badoni is the new man in. Sandeep is using the slow ball to good effect. 

Avesh Khan. Two runs and three balls. Boundaries have dried up in the last two overs. SHOTT! Brilliant pull shot towards midwicket for four. First boundary after 13 balls. 

Chahal for his last over. Quiet over so far. Just six runs from the over. Chahal goes wicketless today. 

OUT! Hooda charges down the track and is caught in the deep. 

Hooda c Powell b Ashwin 50(31)

Nicholas Pooran is at the crease. He’s off the mark with a four. Slashes, gets a thick outside edge past short third. Nine runs and a wicket in that over. 

Chahal gets slashed towards points for four on the first ball by Hooda. Eight runs in first four balls. Fifty for Hooda as well! He gets there in 30 balls. Rahul smashes it straight past Chahal and gets a boundary. Power. 

Boult is back. Hooda chips in the air but the falls short of the ground. Wait, the umpire has asked Boult to re-bowl the ball since a bail on the batting end was not there. Two runs in two balls. Bouncer that goes over batter and the keeper. Five runs on that ball! Hooda punches off the backfoot towards covers and gets a boundary. Makes room and gets another four behind square. 

Chahal for his second. Hooda plays an inside out shot and gets a boundary. FOUR! Short ball and Rahul pulls it towards midwicket. Rahul reaches fifty in 31 balls. 13 from the over. 

Ashwin is back. Two singles in two balls. LSG has is back on track after a poor start. Six runs from the over. 

Avesh for his second. Rahul picks up and clears the midwicket boundary at ease. Another SIX! Waist-height no ball but Rahul picks it over fine leg. Four on the free hit. Smashes it hard towards midwicket and finds the gap. 

Yuzvendra Chahal is here. Rahul sweeps and gets a boundary towards backward square leg. Good effort in the deep though. Eight runs from the over. 

Sandeep Sharma is back. KL Rahul looked to slog sweep him, went across missed the ball and the ball goes JUST past the off stump. One run in three balls. Low full toss and Hooda flicks it over midwicket for four! A four to end the over. Cover drive. 

Ashwin into the attack. Starts well. Just one run in three balls. Jinxed it. Rahul slog sweeps and gets a boundary on the fourth ball. He slept while hitting that shot but enough power. Another boundary to end the over. Hooda slashes and the ball goes quickly past short third. 

Avesh Khan into the attack. Two singles in first three balls. RR has put LSG on backfoot. Hooda pushes the ball towards covers and runs three. Six runs from the over. 

Boult to Rahul, inswinger and the right hander pushes it towards midwicket for four. Takes a quick single on the third ball. New batter Deepak Hooda is off the mark with a beautiful cover drive for four! Superb ball to finish the over. 

Sandeep Sharma from the other end. A double on the second ball. Only two runs in first three balls. A quiet over so far. OUT! Stoinis cleaned up as well. Inswinger and Stoinis isn’t able to put bat on the ball. 

Trent Boult with the new ball. Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul open the innings. 

Away swing on the first ball against left hander, de Kock gets a thick outside edge over second slip for four! Another four on the second ball. OUT! Off stump goes cartwheeling! De Kock played for the swing but this was a straighter one. Big gap between bat and pad. 

Marcus Stoinis. A huge shout for LBW on the first ball. RR doesn’t review but it looked close. Three dot balls to end the over. 

LSG: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul(w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Matt Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur

Impact subs: Amit Mishra, Arshin Kulkarni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Manimaran Siddharth

RR: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal

Impact subs: Riyan Parag, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Tanush Kotian

Rajasthan Royals wins the toss and opts to bowl. 

RR playing same team. 

LSG also playing the same team. 

Black clay wicket will make it tough for spinners. Large chink of cracks could provide some movement for pacers. Expect runs to be scored here. 200 plus runs batting first shouldn’t come as a surprise, say Matthew Hayden and Ian Bishop. 

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Matches played: 4

Lucknow Super Giants won: 1

Rajasthan Royals won: 3

Last result: Lucknow Super Giants went down by 20 runs (Jaipur; March 24, 2024)

Rajasthan Royals Predicted XI

Bat 1st: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma

Bowl 1st: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal

Impact Player options: Jos Buttler, Keshav Maharaj, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Tom Kohler-Cadmore

Lucknow Super Giants Predicted XI

Bat 1st: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal/ Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Matt Henry/ Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan

Bowl 1st: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Matt Henry/ Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur

Impact Player options: Devdutt Padikkal, Arshin Kulkarni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Manimaran Siddharth

Far from the pack involved in the mid-table scrap, Rajasthan Royals will indulge in the prospect of strolling its way into the playoffs when it visits Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium here in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday.

Runaway leader Rajasthan has won all three away games so far, and a fourth triumph will take its tally to 16 points, all but sealing a place in the knockouts.

Yashasvi Jaiswal regaining his mojo with an unbeaten 104 in the nine-wicket mauling of Mumbai Indians wiped out the only blemish in Royals’ top order. Captain Sanju Samson would hope to emulate his exploits (82* off 52 balls) from the Royals’ 20-run victory over the Lucknow side earlier this season and stay in the Orange Cap race.

But Super Giants, high on the twin triumphs over Chennai Super Kings (CSK), will be no pushovers. The K.L. Rahul-led side chased down 180 and 211 in its last two matches to not only rekindle its campaign with four points but also leapfrog CSK to the fourth spot in the points table.

The side will wait with crossed fingers for Mayank Yadav’s return from injury. The pace phenom, who last played against Gujarat Titans on April 7, bowled in the nets on the match eve, and assistant coach S. Sriram was optimistic over his inclusion on Saturday. Mayank’s economy rate of 6.00 will be precious for a misfiring Super Giants’ pace attack.

Should Mayank not make the cut, Ravi Bishnoi, with four wickets and a 7.84 economy this season, will be the bowling spearhead for the home team.

Taking cognizance of Rahul and Marcus Stoinis’ telling contributions in Super Giants’ two wins, another leg-spinner, Yuzvendra Chahal, could be the Royals’ go-to deployment too. This IPL, Rahul’s strike rate has dipped to 93 against leg-spin while Stoinis has fallen to spinners five times in eight innings. Even Keshav Maharaj could offer a favourable match-up and slot back into the starting eleven.

Lower down the order, Royals will seek a solution for Nicolas Pooran. The southpaw has salvaged his side by injecting momentum, hitting at a strike rate of nearly 170 - the highest for a Lucknow batter. Against the most economical side at death in IPL 2024 (9.37), a little help from Krunal Pandya and Deepak Hooda at this stage could go a long way for Lucknow.

Welcome to the live coverage of the IPL 2024 match between Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals set to be played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.