Jaipur: For the second time in a week, Rajasthan Royals (RR) snatched defeat from the jaw of victory as they lost by two runs Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in a pulsed IPL match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Saturday.
Nine runs were needed in the final, the Royals were limited to 178/5 chasing the target of 181, much for the disappointment of the house crowd. While it was Mitchell Starc of Delhi Capital who damaged on Wednesday, it was Avesh Khan on Saturday, who broke RR’s hopes with a brilliant 20th over.
Against DC, RR required the same number of run -nine from the final over, but Stark prevented Shimron Hetmyer and Dhruv Juraral from scoring those runs and forced them to a super over, which was eventually won by DC.
Here too, RR committed Hara-Kiri towards the end. Once again, Hetmyer and Jurael failed to complete the work, when the earlier batsmen placed a solid platform. Shubam Dubey also succumbed under pressure and could not score six with the last three balls after the departure of Hetmyer.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal’s brilliant 74 (52B, 5×4, 4×6) was wasted. As long as the opener was at the crease, RR was hovering. The last three overs required 25 runs, RR appeared under control, but Jaiswal was cleaned by Evesh Khan on the first ball of the 18th over, which gave a turn to chase. Putting more stress for the fans of the house, Ryan Parag (39; 26B, 3×4, 2×6) was trapped in the same over in front of the wicket, which was trapped in the same over by Evve as the batsman tried to sweep the ball.
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RR left for a flying start and was 61, which was not damaged after the end of the powerplay with Jaiswal and both. Splendor Great guns are going. The left -handed pair dealt with most LSG bowlers on the backfoot.
Playing his first match, Suryavanshi launched herself in a brilliant way with 20-genders. The 14 -year -old, the youngest IPL debutant, tonged a couple of three sixes and fours to give an early speed to the innings. Kishore sensation killed Shardul Thakur for six and marked his arrival on the big stage, which faced the first ball.
Earlier, LSG opted to bat first, Ayush Badoni slammed a quick-fire half-century. The bat was coming when the LSG was struggling at 54/3 in the eighth over, Badnoni (50: 34B, 5×4, 1×6) added 76 runs for the fourth wicket with Eden Markram (66: 45B, 5×4, 3×6).
Brief score: Lucknow Super Veteran 180/5 (Aiden Markram 66; Ayush Badoni 50; Abdul Samad 30*; Vanindu Hasranga 2/31) defeated Rajasthan Royals 178/5 (Yashasvi Jaiswal 74, Ryan Parag 39, Vaibhav Suryavansi 34; Avesh Khan 37).
