Samson's magnificent 82 guides Royals to 20-run win over LSG
Updated On: 24 March, 2024 07:31 PM IST | Jaipur | mid-day online correspondent
Samson came into bat next and built a quickfire partnership of 36 runs from just 18 balls with Jaiswal before the opener was dismissed after scoring 24 runs
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Rajasthan Royals` Nandre Burger celebrates with his captain Sanju Samson (R) after taking the wicket of Lucknow Super Giants` Ayush Badoni (Pic: AFP)
Rajasthan Royals (RR) made a winning to their IPL 2024 campaign on Sunday after beating KL Rahul-led Lucknow Super Giants by 20 runs in Jaipur.
Skipper Sanju Samson`s magnificent innings of 82 runs and his 93-run partnership with Riyan Parag guided his side to a total of 193 runs for the loss of four wickets against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their IPL 2024 encounter on Sunday.
Samson won the toss and elected to bat first at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Both the openers, Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal started off the innings. The two batters were able to add just 13 runs when Buttler was sent back to the pavilion after scoring 11 runs off 9 balls with the help of two fours.
Samson came into bat next and built a quickfire partnership of 36 runs from just 18 balls with Jaiswal before the opener was dismissed after scoring 24 runs which was laced with three boundaries and a maximum in his innings when the team score was 49 runs.
RR scored their fifty on the first ball of the sixth over as the skipper took a single on the bowling of left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya.
Samson along with Riyan Parag built a partnership of 50 runs on the fourth ball of the 11th over as the former slammed a six on the bowling of leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi. With this hit, it brought the team`s 100 runs as well.
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