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Follow highlights from match 4 of TATA IPL 2024 between LSG and RR here.
Updated : Mar 24, 2024, 07:26 PM IST
Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants will begin their IPL 2024 season in Jaipur. While both teams have strong squads, Rajasthan and Lucknow need to address some positions before the match.
Rajasthan Royals have been affected by Prasidh Krishna's injury and Adam Zampa's withdrawal from the tournament. On the other hand, with the BCCI advising KL Rahul to concentrate only on batting for now. Last season, Rajasthan ended fifth under Sanju Samson's captaincy, while Lucknow, led by KL Rahul, exited in the eliminator of the IPL 2023 Playoffs.
Sandeep Sharma continues bowling. Rahul is caught at deep point, a big wicket for LSG. Stoinis comes in and gets a single. Pooran swats a slower bouncer for a single. Stoinis hits one to deep cover for a single. Pooran misses a dragged short delivery. Pooran reaches his half-century with a flat-batted shot to square-leg for four, off just 30 balls.
Sandeep Sharma bowls. Rahul cuts for a single due to a misfield. Pooran pulls to deep square for one. They take quick singles. A missed run-out chance for Rahul. Pooran gets a single with a slower yorker. Rahul misses a wide delivery. Just five runs from the over.
Ashwin returns to bowl. Pooran takes a quick single to mid-off. Rahul punches to deep midwicket for another single. Three singles start Ashwin's second over. Then, Rahul sweeps for four as Ashwin misses his line. Lucknow reaches 100 in 11.4 overs. A couple more singles end the over.
Avesh continues bowling. Rahul drives for a single through cover-point. Pooran pulls a bouncer to deep square-leg for one more. Rahul pulls to deep midwicket for another single. Avesh bowls an excellent yorker, defended by Pooran. Only five singles from the over, raising the required rate to 11.63 runs per over.
Mohsin bowls the final over. Starts with a dot ball. Next is a slower delivery, Samson misses, gets a single. A slower short ball, Jurel guides it for a four. Back of a length, Samson hits a six over deep covers. Last ball, Samson gets a double with a clip.
Samson drives a full delivery from Yash for a couple of runs. Yash bowls an offside wide. Then, a surprise short ball from Yash, but Parag misses it. Last ball, Samson premeditates a scoop shot and gets a boundary with perfection. Great batting from the RR pair.
Parag hits a full delivery from Bishnoi for a powerful six over long on. Then, he takes a single off a shorter delivery. Bishnoi delivers another full ball, and Samson smashes it straight for another six. Brilliant batting display from the Rajasthan Royals pair.
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Riyan Parag, Shubham Dubey, Ravichandran Ashwin, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Prasidh Krishna, Tanush Kotian, Nandre Burger, Kuldeep Sen, Donovan Ferreira, Abid Mushtaq, Kunal Singh Rathore
Lucknow Super Giants Squad: Devdutt Padikkal, Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hooda, KL Rahul(w/c), Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Shivam Mavi, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, David Willey, Kyle Mayers, Ashton Turner, Krishnappa Gowtham, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Manimaran Siddharth, Ayush Badoni, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshad Khan, Mayank Yadav, Arshin Kulkarni