Rajasthan Royals beat Lucknow Super Giants at home. Rajasthan won the first match of IPL in Jaipur by 20 runs. Rajasthan made 193/4 batting first thanks to Sanju Samson’s half-century. In reply, KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran scored half-centuries but Lucknow’s innings ended at 173/6.
Chasing 194 against Rajasthan, Lucknow got off to a poor start. Quinton de Kock (4) returned in the first over. Devdatta Parikkal (0) and Ayush Badoni (1) also failed. Lucknow was under pressure after losing 3 wickets for 19 runs. Captain KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda saved the team from collapse. Even if Rahul plays catch, he continues to play. Hooda made 26 off 13 balls hitting two fours and two hoes.
After that, Rahul took the lead with vice-captain Nicholas Pooran. Rahul played for a long time even though Puran Mere played. But the Lucknow captain decided to continue playing as the asking rate increased. He returned with 58 runs off 44 balls. Before that, the duo added 85 runs for the fifth wicket. Marcus Stoinis (3) was also dismissed after Rahul’s return. Lucknow still had faith in Puran. But in the end he could not play as expected.
Rajasthan won the toss and batted first. Last time, the opening pair of Ghassavi and Jos Buttler caught the eye. This time also they started well. But Buttler got out while picking up Naveen Ul-Haq. Yasaswi was progressing well with Sanju. In the fifth over, Mohsin piled on Khan and hit a six. On the next ball, he was caught by Krunal Pando at mid-wicket.
