Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 3 runs in an exciting low scoring matchup on Sunday at IPL 2022, thanks to excellent bowling from spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (4/41) and fast bowler Trent Boult (2/ 30) defeated. Lucknow needed 15 runs to win in the last over, but fast bowler Kuldeep Sen bowled brilliantly and made the match on behalf of Rajasthan. Previously, Rajasthan Royals scored 165 runs in 20 overs thanks to Shimron Hetmyer’s unbeaten 59. After this, the performance of the Lucknow batsmen was disappointing and the team lost the match.
After losing the exciting match against Rajasthan, Lucknow captain KL Rahul said: “I think we have a team that is never out of competition. We have really deep batting and a lot of power on the ball. There are options. Even when we are “At 3/20, we always believe we can win this game. Obviously today we needed a good partnership in the intermissions, but it didn’t happen. Stoinis played a great game in the end to keep up. Games like these will give us confidence and remind us that we are a good team.”
Chasing the target of 166 runs, Lucknow started poorly. Captain KL Rahul walked out without opening the account. Gautham, who came after him, was also out for the count. Then Jason Holder couldn’t do much either and came out after scoring 8 runs. After the three-wicket drop, Deepak Hooda and Quinton de Kock took over the team and both tallied 38. Hooda came out in the process playing a big shot. Young batsman Ayush Badoni was also fired after scoring 5 runs. In the end, Marcus Stoinis tried to win but couldn’t. Marcus Stoinis scored 38 runs on 17 balls. But the team missed out on victory as they approached the target.
