IPL 2024: Gujarat shock Mumbai.. - vebnox
Jaipur: IPL season 17 started with a win for Rajasthan Royals. Lucknow Supergiants won by 20 runs in this exciting match. Rajasthan, who excelled collectively in batting and bowling, recorded their first victory. Rajasthan, who set a huge target of 194 runs in front of Lucknow in the first match on Sunday, were limited to 173 runs by the tight bowling. Lucknow, who reached a huge target of one lakh, scored only 173 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Nicholas Pooran (64 not out) and KL Rahul (58) excelled in batting, but could not hold on to the match.
The opener Quinton de Kock (4) reached the pavilion and then Dev Dutt Padikkal ducked back. Ayush Badoni managed only one run. Deepak Hooda (26), Krunal Pandya (3) and Stoinis (3) scored only runs. Trent Boult took 2 wickets in Rajasthan’s bowling that put Lucknow in trouble with lightning balls. Nandre Burger, Ravichandran Ashwin, Chahal and Sandeep Sharma played a vital role in Rajasthan’s win with wickets.
Rajasthan Royals, who lost the toss and went into bat, got a shock early on. Jos Buttler was out for 11 runs. KL Rahul took a catch and got away. Yashaswi Jaiswal (24) hit boundaries along with Samson (82) who came in one down. Jaiswal was dismissed in the fifth over but Rajasthan scored 54 runs in the powerplay. Meanwhile, Rajasthan improved the scoreboard by playing with Ryan Parag who came in fourth place. Together they put on a massive partnership of 93 runs for the fourth wicket.
In this sequence, Samson scored a half century in 33 balls. Along with Samson, Ryan also increased the aggression and scored runs on the score board. In this sequence, Parag tried to hit a big shot and got caught in front of the wickets. After that, Hetmeyer, who came to the crease, made only 5 runs and turned back. Sanju Samson led the scoreboard along with young batsman Dhruv Jurel (20) who came into bat later. Lucknow Super Giants bowlers Navinul Haque took 2 wickets, Mohsin and Ravi Bishnoi took one wicket each.
