RR vs LSG Highlights, IPL 2024: Samson, bowlers guide Rajasthan Royals to 20-run win against Lucknow Super Giants

Eventually, Rajasthan Royals wins it comfortably, although it was pushed to some extent by the Super Giants. It was down to death-overs specialist Sandeep Sharma, who was excellent with his deceitful variations and pace-off deliveries, conceding just 22 runs from his three overs, two of which were bowled at the death. 

Nicholas Pooran and KL Rahul’s fifties gave the Royals a mighty scare but the lack of top-order runs and with the lower-order not delivering under pressure, it was a bridge too far for Lucknow. 

27 runs to win off six balls. Avesh Khan with the ball. He starts off with a wide outside off and Krunal takes a quick single. That makes it 25 from 6 balls. Full toss wide outside off and Pooran misses this. Umpire doesn’t call it wide as Pooran had moved across his stumps. Yorker and Pooran has no clue about what to do with it. LSG needs 25 to win from 4 balls. Another low full-toss and just a single for Pooran in the midwicket region. LSG needs 24 to win from 3 balls now. RR fans are already celebrating. 

Shortish and angling across outside off, and Krunal chops it on the off-side for a single. Pooran goes for the switch-hit and only gets a single in the deep backward point area. Cut away to deep point for just a single and Rajasthan Royals has won by 20 runs. 

Here comes Sandeep Sharma again. Goes for the bouncer but called wide for height. RR reviews it. The umpire’s decision holds and one extra run for LSG. Yorker and Pooran smashes this to long-on, where Parag puts in a good dive but the ball falls just short. Short again and Krunal swivels and misses the pull and scampers for one leg-bye. FOUR! Low full-toss and Pooran launches this to the wide long-on boundary. Dug into the pitch and Pooran slaps it to long-on but doesn’t take a single. 

Another slow bouncer and Sandeep Sharma has deceived Pooran again, who completely misses the ball. Wide yorker and Pooran finds the boundary at deep point. 

Ashwin to Stoinis. A single to begin the over. Pooran misses the sweep and Royals appeal for lbw. Not given out. OUT! Stoinis holes out at deep midwicket and Royals are squeezing Super Giants at the back end. Krunal Pandya is in and swings big on leg-side first-ball and misses. He is off the mark with a single at deep midwicket. Just a single for Pooran to end the over. LSG needs 38 to win from 12 balls. 

Sandeep Sharma will continue. OUT! Rahul is caught at deep point and a huge blow for LSG. Marcus Stoinis is the next man in. He starts off with a single through cover. Slower bouncer and Pooran swats it for a single at deep square-leg. Wide outside off and Stoinis can only put it away for a single to deep cover. Dragged short, pace off again, and Pooran is too early into the pull and misses. FOUR! This is flat-batted by Pooran to the square-leg boundary and that’s his half-century, off just 30 balls. 

KL Rahul c Dhruv Jurel b Sandeep Sharma 58 (44b 4x4 2x6)

Here comes Chahal again. Slammed down the ground by Rahul and Parag parries it back to save two crucial runs for his team. Excellent work in the field. SIX! Pooran hammers this tossed up delivery outside off for a maximum down the ground. Driven uppishly over cover for two more by Pooran. Pooran goes for a switch-hit and misses. Tossed up again outside off and Pooran only gets a single down the ground. Rahul is cramped on leg-side as Chahal skids this one through. Time for a Strategic Timeout! LSG needs 49 runs to win from 24 balls.

Sandeep Sharma comes into the attack. Cut by Rahul to short third and a misfield gives him a single. Good bouncer and Pooran can only pull it as far as the fielder at deep square for one more. Pushed to cover and a quick single. A direct-hit at the non-striker’s end would have been the end of Rahul but Avesh misses the target. Slower yorker and just a single down the ground for Pooran. This is pitched wide outside off and Rahul misses a wild heave. A single to end the over and just five runs from the over. 

Ashwin again. Swept behind square-leg by Rahul for a couple. He moves to 49 off 34 balls. A single down the ground for Rahul and that’s a 35-ball 50 for KL Rahul.

Beaten! Pooran misses the flick as Ashwin pitches this on middle and leg. A single off the hips for Pooran next ball. Swept to deep square by Rahul for two more. Punched down the ground by Rahul for one more as he looks to play Ashwin out. 

Boult bowls out. Short one to start with and Pooran drags it down the ground for a single. Sliced high in the air by Rahul and the balls lands in a vacant area in the deep point region for a single. SIX! Short and slapped by Pooran for a maximum over deep point. That’s the 50-run partnership up between Rahul and Pooran. FOUR! This is driven away by Pooran through cover for a boundary. Lucknow is making a fist of this and RR now looks under pressure. SIX! The yorker goes wrong and Pooran smashes this full toss over deep midwicket for another maximum. Slow and short to end the over and 20 runs come from Boult’s final over. 

Ashwin comes back. Pooran pushes this to mid-off and hares for a quick one. Punched by Rahul to deep midwicket for one more. Three singles in a row to begin Ashwin’s second over. FOUR! Ashwin misses his line again and strays down leg-side. Rahul shuffles across and sweeps this to the boundary behind him. Hundred up for Lucknow in 11.4 overs. A couple more to end the over. 

Burger comes back. Back of a length and Pooran guides it to deep third for a single. Short and slow and pulled away by Rahul for one more. Good yorker and Pooran drives it down the ground with the inside half of the bat for just another single. The asking rate now goes for 12 for LSG. SIX! Pulled away with disdain by Rahul for a maximum over deep midwicket as Burger comes around the wicket. FOUR! This is chipped down the ground by Rahul as he picks the slower one well. Ten runs off two balls. FOUR! This is ramped by Rahul with skill to the boundary behind him. 

Chahal continues. SIX! Pooran finally breaks the shackles with a maximum. Stays in his crease and just about manages to clear the fence in the deep extra-cover region. 

Avesh continues. Driven by Rahul for a single through cover-point. Bouncer and Nicholas Pooran looks away and pulls it to deep square-leg for one more. Pulled by Rahul to deep midwicket but for just another single. Excellent yorker from Avesh and defended back to him by Pooran. Just five singles from the over and the required rate moves to 11.63 runs an over. 

Yuzvendra Chahal is into the attack. Chipped to long-on by Rahul for a couple of runs. OUT! Hooda has to go, caught at deep midwicket by Jurel. He stopped out to heave the ball on leg-side but couldn’t make a good enough connection. Chahal with a timely wicket. 

Deepak Hooda c Dhruv Jurel b Chahal 26 (13b 2x4 2x6)

Avesh Khan into the attack. Pushed to cover by Hooda for a single off the first ball. SIX! Pulled away by Hooda for a maximum over deep midwicket and he is off a blazing start. Despite the six, Avesh does well to concede 10 runs from the over. Time for a Strategic Timeout! 

R. Ashwin comes into the attack and starts off with five-wides. SIX! Too full and Rahul slog sweeps this for a maximum over deep square-leg. Whipped away off the backfoot through midwicket for a single next ball. One more for Hooda in the same region as Ashwin drags his length back. This is wide outside off-stump and Rahul cuts it straight to the man at cover. Good comeback by Ashwin after going for 11 runs off the first ball. Just four singles off the last five deliveries. 

FOUR! Punched by Hooda through the point and cover region for another boundary as Boult continues from around the wicket. 

Boult has now hit Rahul on the helmet with a nasty bouncer, prompting the physio to come out again. FOUR! Rahul responds with a boundary next ball, lifting a fuller delivery over extra-cover. Driven for a single through cover-point by Rahul to end the over. 

Burger continues. OUT! Badoni holes out at mid-off and Lucknow is in all sorts of trouble. There was nothing in that shot and Badoni was a little too early into it. SIX! Deepak Hooda comes in and is off the mark in style, ramping a short ball for a maximum over deep third. FOUR! This is lucky for Hooda. Short one again and the ball flies off the top edge as he looked to cut it square of the wicket. Punched by Rahul on the off-side and an excellent stop inside the circle. Rahul moves to 2 off 7 balls. 

Ayush Badoni c Jos Buttler b Nandre Burger 1 (5b)

Nasty bouncer! Boult’s short stuff has hit Padikkal’s helmet, which needs to replacement after the guard flew off. The physio is out for a routine concussion check. OUT! He is gone next ball, clean bowled! This one keeps low after pitching just short of a good length and knocks into Padikkal’s middle stump. 

Ayush Badoni is the next man in. Badoni takes a single off the last ball of the over after getting a feel of the conditons with three dot balls in a row. 

Devdutt Padikkal b Trent Boult 0 (3b)

Nandre Burger from the other end, on his IPL debut. And KL Rahul almost chops onto his stumps trying to cut a delivery that’s too close to his body. Three dot balls in a row as Rahul looks a bit hurried by Burger’s pace. FOUR LEG-BYES! Too straight and this goes off Rahul’s pads for four extra runs. Well-directed bouncer and Rahul fends it off to deep third-man for a couple. Good first over in the IPL for Burger, who has bowled at a good pace consistently. 

Shimron Hetmyer has been substituted by Rajasthan Royals for Nandre Burger, who comes in as Impact Player. KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock will open the batting. 

Trent Boult with the new ball. FOUR! De Kock starts off with a boundary down the ground off the second ball of the innings. Cut away as Boult offers some width outside off and this is well fielded at point. Punched off the backfoot to the point fielder again by De Kock. OUT! This ball is going down leg-side but De Kock has flicked this in the air and straight to the man behind deep square-leg. Devdutt Padikkal is the new man in, up against his former team. 

Quinton de Kock c Nandre Burger b Trent Boult 4 (5b 1x4)

Mohsin with the final over. Squeezes in a dot ball to start the over. Slower one next and Samson fails to connect. Just a single. Slower short ball and Jurel guides it past short fine for a four. Back of a length now and Samson smokes it over deep covers. SIX!! Samson clips the last ball for a double. 

Rajasthan Royals ends with 193/4 in its 20 overs

Naveen with the penultimate. Wide yorker to start with. Jurel can’t get his bat onto it. Slower ball, wide of the batter. This time the umpire gives it a wide. Another wide from Naveen. Another wide ball. This time Jurel carves it over extra cover for a double. Couple of singles follow as Naveen sticks to the line. Short and wide. Jurel top edges it. Another drop catch. This time by Padikkal. 

Yash Thakur with the 18th. Full and straight and Samson drives it for a single. Three more singles from the next three balls as Yash keeps the RR batters quiet. Samson and Jurel squeeze in a double fifth ball of the over. Last ball of the over, Yash oversteps and gifts Samson a freehit. In the slot and Samson slaps it straight back for a six. 

Ravi Bishnoi with his last over. Samson punches one to long-on to get off the strike. Bishnoi slides one past Hetmyer’s outside edge. LSG players go up in appeal and the umpire gives it out. Hetmyer reviews unsuccessfully. 

Shimron Hetmyer c †Rahul b Ravi Bishnoi 5 (7b 0x4 0x6)

Dhruv Jurel gets off the mark with a double to the leg side. Full and wide for the last ball. Jurel goes straight. Naveen puts in a full-length dive at long on. But he can only parry it over the boundary. 

Ayush Badoni with the ball now. New batter Hetmyer gets off the strike with a single to deep mid wicket. Samson adds another single. Hetmyer pushes one to extra cover to add a double. 

Width from Naveen and sliced away for a four by Samson. Another wide delivery. Samson slashes it away for a double. Short and wide now against Parag, who somehow flat-bats it, tennis style. SIX!!! Another short ball. This time Parag fails to get the right connection. Easy catch for Hooda. 

Riyan Parag c sub (DJ Hooda) b Naveen-ul-Haq 43 (29b 1x4 3x6)

Full from Yash and Samson drives it on the up. Good running as the RR duo add a couple of runs. Yash gifts an offside wide. Surprise short ball now from Yash. Parag misses it. Last ball of the over. Samson premeditates a scoop shot and executes it to perfection. FOUR!!

Too short from Bishnoi and Samson whacks it for a four to deep mid wicket. Adds another single to move to 49. Not too full from Bishnoi and Parag goes for a sweep. Top-edged, but it is dropped by Mohsin. Easy Chance! Samson nudges one to long on to take a single and get to his fifty. 

Final over of the innings for Krunal Pandya. Full from the left-arm spinner. Driven on the up by Parag. Two runs taken. Four more singles follow as Parag and Samson choose to play out the tricky Krunal. 

Full from Bishnoi and Parag goes after it. Pumped over long on. SIX!!! Bishnoi drags the length back and Parag nudges it for a single to the leg side. Once again, Bishnoi pushes it full and Samson tonks it straight back for a six. Sparkling batting from the RR duo. 

Krunal continues. Samson and Parag keep the scoreboard ticking with a string of singles. Krunal fires it in for the last ball. Samson inside edges it onto his pads. Lucky break for the Royals skipper. 

Yash Thakur gets his first over of the day. Parag gets the over underway with a well-run double. Back of the length from Yash and Parag swats it over deep mid wicket for his first six of the match. Yash goes short now and Samson takes it on with a pull shot. SIX!!! Another back of length delivery from Yash. Flat-batted for another six. 

Krunal Pandya continues. A dot ball to begin the over. Samson tuck the next one to the leg side to add another single. Samson and Parag continue to trade singles. Just four runs from the over. Rajasthan Royals’ innings has lost all its momentum. Strategic timeout taken. 

Ravi Bishnoi from the other end for LSG. Samson and Parag continue to deal in singles as they look to consolidate their side’s position. Bishnoi goes too far on the leg side. Wide given by the umpire. LSG uses a review to overturn the decision. 

First over of spin in the innings. Krunal Pandya with the ball. Parag chips one and it should have been an easy return catch. But Pandya ran into Samson at the non-striker’s end. Missed opportunity for LSG. Just five singles from the over. 

Sanju Samson gets into the act. Just outside the off stump from Mohsin and Samson cuts it through a packed offside cordon. FOUR!! Short and on to the body from Mohsin. Samson pulls it beyond the deep fine fielder. SIX!! Full from Mohsin and Jaiswal scoops it over the keeper. SIX!!

Short now from Mohsin and Jaiswal goes for the pull shot. Top edged and easy catch for Pandya. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal c Pandya b Mohsin Khan 24 (12b 3x4 1x6)

On the pads from Naveen and Jaiswal clips it away for a double. The left-handed batter adds a single with a push to mid off. Another delay in play. Now it looks like there is a problem with the stumps. 

Couple of dot ball from Naveen against Samson as the match restarts. Samson pushes one to deep mid wicket to get off strike. Full and straight from Naveen. Jaiswal shuffles to the leg side before smacking it to the cover fence. FOUR!!!

Mohsin with his second. Jaiswal with another straight push for a single. Samson guides it to third man for another single and gets off the mark. Mohsin errs with his length. Allows Jaiswal to swing through the line. FOUR!! Now Mohsin goes short and Jaiswal slices it off his back foot for another four. 

Naveen-ul Haq from the other end. Full and driven for a couple of runs by Buttler. Another fuller one and Buttler swings at it. Thickish edge over backward point for a four. First of the match. Much straighter from Naveen now. Two dot balls are his reward. Now Naveen drags one onto Buttler’s pads. One-handed clip and it is enough for another four. 

Full and wide now. Buttler goes after it. Edged and pouched by a diving KL Rahul. 

Jos Buttler c †Rahul b Naveen-ul-Haq 11 (9b 2x4 0x6)

Jaiswal on strike. Mohsin jags one into Jaiswal’s hips. Misses it. Dot ball to start with. Dabs the next one straight to take a single to get off the strike. A slight delay in play due to a loose wire from the spidercam. 

Match restarts. Buttler plays out a dot first ball. An offside Wide from Mohsin next. Width from Mohsin and Buttler nudges it to covers for a single. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler walk out to the middle. Mohsin Khan with the first over for LSG on his comeback. 

Lucknow Super Giants: Deepak Hooda, Mayank Yadav, Amit Mishra, Prerak Mankad, K Gowtham

Rajasthan Royals: Nandre Burger, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotiam, Shubham Dube, Kuldeep Sen

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur

Would have batted first, thinks pitch won’t change much. Happy to be back on the field. Injuries have become my best friend in the last two years, but I’m trying to do my best when I get my chances. Pretty much the same team combination as last year. QDK, Stoinis, Pooran and Naveen will be the overseas players. Shamar will hopefully get a go later on.

It’s a good wicket to bat on, okay to do both, but they have different combinations they want to try out. Coming back to Jaipur sends a positive vibe. Lot of youngsters in the team have become superstars in the last ten months, it’s great. Almost the same team, Parag will come in at No. 4. Three foreign players - Powell might come in as impact sub.

Sanju Samson wins the toss and elects to bat first. 

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Matches played: 3

Rajasthan Royals won: 2

Lucknow Super Giants won: 1

Last result: LSG won by 10 runs (April, 2023) 

Captain K.L. Rahul’s absence, stemming from a right quadriceps injury sustained during the India-England Test in Hyderabad, raises questions about his return date. The speculation intensifies around whether Rahul will retain his opening spot or shift to the middle order, possibly eyeing an audition for the T20 World Cup in June.

IPL 2024: Lucknow Super Giants team preview, season prediction, SWOT analysis, predicted XI, squad

IPL 2024: Captain KL Rahul’s absence, stemming from a right quadriceps injury sustained during the India-England Test in Hyderabad, raises questions about his return date.

A noteworthy shift for RR this season is its emphasis on recruiting specialists rather than all-rounders, with only three in its ranks. 

Find out more in our pre-season preview of the Royals: 

IPL 2024: Rajasthan Royals team preview, season prediction, SWOT analysis, predicted XI, squad

Royals have a well-established batting line-up, with Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Samson, and Shimron Hetmyer forming the core.

Wicketkeepers: Jos Buttler, KL Rahul, Nicholas Pooran (vc). 

Batters: Yashasvi Jaiswal (c), Devdutt Padikkal. 

All-rounders: R. Ashwin, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis. 

Bowlers: Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi. 

Bat 1st: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Nicholas Pooran, Devdutt Padikkal, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Shamar Joseph.

Bowl 1st: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Nicholas Pooran, Devdutt Padikkal, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Shivam Mavi, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Shamar Joseph.

Bat 1st: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c) (wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Dhruv Jurel, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan.

Bowl 1st: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c) (wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sandeep Sharma, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan.

Will Rajasthan Royals’ balance trump Lucknow’s batting firepower? 

RR vs LSG, IPL 2024: Avesh Khan pitted against former team as Rajasthan Royals faces Lucknow Super Giants 

Rajasthan Royals faces Lucknow Super Giants at home as Avesh Khan debuts against his former team.

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Riyan Parag, Rovman Powell, Kunal Singh Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Donovan Ferreira, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Nandre Burger, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Abid Mushtaq, Tanush Kotian.

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Mohd. Arshad Khan.