Who won yesterday IPL match? Rajasthan Royals continued their dominance at the top of IPL Points Table after handing a comfortable defeat to the Lucknow Super Giants on April 28. The latest victory has inched the Sanju Samson-led side closer to the IPL Playoffs for this year, given that RR is already placed on 16 points with the latest victory, and the cut-off for this year is likely to be 18.
RR vs LSG: Top highlights of the match
The well-settled opening pair of KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock opened the innings for LSG at the Ekana Sports City Stadium. The left handed de Kock started the innings with two back to back boundaries until he was knocked over by an inswinging delivery from Trent Boult. In the very next over, Sandeep Sharma, who seems to be in the form of his life, cleeaned up the dangerous Marcus Stoninis, making LSG look pernicious on a score of 11/2 in the 2 over itself.
Skipper KL Rahul and Deepak then took their team out of troubled waters with a 115 run partnership with both batters eventually crossing the 50 run mark as well. However, Hooda was dimissed soon after getting his half century in a bid to take the offensive against the experienced Ravichandran Ashwin, only to hand the ball straight into the hands of Rovman Powell near the boundary line. Later on, the wickets of Nicholas Pooran and KL Rahul at crucial junctures meant that LSG were left around 10-15 runs short of the par score as the franchise managed to 196 runs in their 20 overs.
In reply, Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal providing an explosive start to the Rajasthan Royals innings, helping their team to the 60 run mark at the end of powerplay. Buttler (34 off 18 balls) , however, was the first man to depart for RR as Yash Thakur knocked over the veteran Englishman with a full and straight delivery on his legs. Soon afterwards, Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed on a score of 24 while attempting to slog a delivery from Marcus Stoinis over the off side, only to hand the ball straight into the hands of Ravi Bishnoi near the boundary line. Veteran leg spinner Amit Mishra piled on the pressure on RR, as he took the third wickets on the innings, dismissing the in-form Riyan Parag on a score of 14.
From there on, however, skipper Sanju Samson and wicketkeeper batter Dhruv Jurel stuck a 121 run unbeaten partnership to ensure there were no hiccups along the way and RR cruised to a comfortable 7 wicket victory at the Ekana Sports City stadium.