Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) registered a 10-run victory over Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 26 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday (April 19).
Invited to bat first, LSG posted 154/7 in their allotted 20 overs with key contributions from Kyle Mayers (51 off 42), KL Rahul (39 off 32), and Nicholas Pooran (29 off 20).
R Ashwin starred with the ball for the Royals, claiming two wickets by conceding 23 runs in his four overs.
In reply, the hosts got off to a brilliant start as the duo of Yashasvi Jaiswal (44 off 35) and Jos Buttler (40 off 41) added 87 runs for the opening wicket.
Marcus Stoinis (2-28) broke the partnership by removing Jaiswal in the 12th over. The southpaw’s dismissal triggered a collapse as RR slipped to 104/4, losing Buttler, Sanju Samson (2) and Shimron Hetmyer (2) in quick succession.
While Devdutt Padikkal (26 off 21) and Riyan Parag (15* off 12) tried to resurrect Rajasthan Royals’ innings, they failed to take the team over the line. Avesh Khan (3-25) defended 19 runs off the last over as RR’s innings was restricted to 144/6.
Cricket experts on Twitter lauded the LSG bowlers for defending the modest total against a star-studded RR batting line-up.
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