Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals (RR) registered their 8th victory in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, beating the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 24 runs. Rajasthan Royals bounced back with a 24-run victory with Yashasvi Jaiswal’s crucial 41 and Trent Boult’s 2/18.
Yashasvi Jaiswal started off the mark with consecutive fours. Avesh Khan provided the first wicket after a seamer rattled the stumps of Jos Buttler. Skiper Sanju Samson joined Jaiswal at the crease, as the latter was dealing with boundaries. The fifty partnership was up for the second wicket with Samson adding three fours. Jason Holder put an end to the 64-run stand. Sanju Samson was caught at deep point.
Devdutt Padikkal immediately got going as Rajasthan RoyalsR were 90/2 at the halfway stage. Ayush Badoni scalped a catcg off his own bowling to dismiss Jaiswal. Bishnoi joined the wickets tally to dismiss Padikkal. Jimmy Neesham joined Riyan Parag. Rajasthan Royals were 149/4 before they lost two wickets in the 18th over. Trent Boult crunched consecutive fours in the penultimate over. Rajasthan Royals finished first innings total of 178/6.
Lucknow were 15/0 after 2 overs. Trent Boult dismissed Quinton de Kock and Ayush Badoni on consecutive deliveries. KL Rahul played an exquisite lofted shot for a maximum.The LSG skipper was caught by Jaiswal. LSG were 34-3 at the end of the powerplay.
Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pandya stitched a crucial partnership to put LSG at 66-3 after 10 overs. The fifty partnership was up between the duo. Ravi Ashwin put an end to the partnership. Jos Buttler and Riyan Parag produced an excellent relay catch to dismiss Krunal Pandya.
Hooda reached his half-century as LSG required 72 off 30 deliveries. Chahal scalped the all-important wicket of Hooda. Obed McCoy then scalped Jason Holder and Dushmantha Chameera in an over. 15 runs came from the penultimate over. LSG required 34 off 6 deliveries. Stoinis was caught in the outfield as LSG fell 25 runs short of the target.
Brief Scores: Rajasthan Royals 178/6 (Yashasvi Jaiswal 41, Devdutt Padikkal 39; Ravi Bishnoi 2-31) beat Lucknow Super Giants 154/8 (Deepak Hooda 59, Marcus Stoinis 27; Trent Boult 2-18) by 24 runs.
On the other side, Gujarat Titans (GT) continued their winning run in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Beating Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 7 wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. An unbeaten 67* by Wriddhiman Saha guided GT to a 7-wicket victory.
Chennai Super Kings came up with four changes. N Jagadeesan, Prashant Solanki, Mitchell Santner and Matheesha Pathirana were named in the eleven. Mohammad Shami provided an early breakthrough for GT, Devon Conway was caught behind. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Moeen Ali upped the scoring rate to push CSK at 47/1 after 6 overs.
The fifty partnership was up for the second wicket but Sai Kishore dismissed Moeen Ali. CSK were 73/2 at the halfway mark. Gaikwad was joined by N Jagadeesan in the attack. Fifty was up for Ruturaj Gaikwad. CSK were 109/2 with five overs to go.
Rashid Khan claimed the important wicket of Ruturaj Gaikwad. Shivam Dube was caught behind by Alazarri Joseph. Shami scalped his second wicket to dismiss the CSK skipper MS Dhoni in the final over as CSK posted 133/5 in the first innings.
Chasing 134 for victory, GT were off to a positive start after Wriddhiman Saha creamed three fours in the first over. The wicketkeeper-batter was given a reprieve in the third over off Mukesh Choudhary. Saha smacked his first six of the innings in the 5th over. The fifty partnership was up for the opening wicket after Gill struck consecutive fours and GT were 53-0 after 6 overs. Pathirana broke the partnership after Gill was trapped LBW and GT were 81/1 at the halfway stage. Moeen Ali provided the second breakthrough after Wade was caught at long-on. Pathirana claimed his second wicket to dismiss GT skipper Hardik Pandya in the 14th over. Saha crossed his half-century and GT required 17 off the final four overs. David Miller joined Saha at the crease and GT wrapped the chase with five balls to spare and registered a 7-wicket victory.
Brief Scores: Gujarat Titans 137/3 (Wriddhiman Saha 67*, Mathew Wade 20; Matheesha Pathirana 2-24) beat Chennai Super Kings 133/5 (Ruturaj Gaikwad 53, N Jagadeesan 39*; Mohammad Shami 2-19) by 7 wickets.
