Rajasthan Royals (RR) team, captained by Sanju Samson, has reached the threshold of playoffs by registering its 8th win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season. In the match played on Saturday (April 27), it defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 7 wickets.
Scorecard
RR 199/3(19)
LSG 196/5(20)
Match report
With today’s victory, Rajasthan team now has 16 points and is still at the top. These points are enough to enter the playoffs. But the next win will ensure the Rajasthan team’s entry into the playoffs. Rajasthan has won 8 out of 9 matches so far.The most successful bowler from Rajasthan was Sandeep Sharma. Sandeep Sharma took 2 wickets in 4 overs. Boult, Ashwin and Avesh Khan got one wicket each.In reply, Rajasthan won by scoring 199 runs for three wickets with one over remaining due to the century partnership between Samson and Jurel for the fourth wicket.
Lucknow, batting first, scored 196 runs for five wickets in 20 overs with half-centuries from captain KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda.Captain KL Rahul played the captaincy innings. Rahul became the victim of Avesh Khan after scoring 76 runs. Whereas, Deepak Hooda played an inning of 50 runs.
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