RR lost to GT by just 3 wickets, failing to defend 35 runs in the last 2 overs.
Samson and Co. were in control of the match but the match slipped away from their hands in the last couple of overs as Titans emerged triumph with three wickets in hand on the final ball.
After being asked to bat first, RR posted a formidable 196/3 in 20 overs courtesy of brilliant half-centuries from Riyan Parag (76) and Samson (68*).
Despite Shubman Gill’s brilliant half-century, Samson controlled the game well with his three spinners Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Keshav Maharaj.
But with 35 needed from the last two overs, GT finishers Rahul Tewatia (22) and Rashid Khan (24*) changed the script completely.
Just as the match ended, Sanju Samson was interviewed by the commentators and Pommie Mbangwa asked him where his team lost the game.
“I think the last ball of the game”- Sanju Samson replied. To this, Mbangwa reacted: “Really!”
Samson gave an honest reaction after the defeat and said it would take him 2-3 hours to give the right answer about where they lost the match.
“Very hard to speak at the moment. The hardest job in the tournament is when a captain loses the game and has to tell where the game was lost. When the emotions come down I'll be able to tell clearly. Have to give credit to the Gujarat Titans. That's the beauty of this tournament. Will have to learn and move on. While I was batting I thought something around 180 would've been a fighting score. 196 was a winning score I thought. With no dew, our bowling lineup should've done it. It wasn't easy to go hard at the start of the innings. 197 at Jaipur, without dew, we'll take it any day,” he added.