IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Highlights: Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel star as Rajasthan Royals win by 7 wickets

Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson led his team from front and was named Player of the match for his 71-run* knock in his team's 7-wicket win. 

"I am very lucky to be behind the wickets. There was some purchase with the new ball and then was a good wicket to bat on. The guys who came in and bowl one over in the power-play do an important job. There has been a lot of planning behind the scenes. The start and the end of the innings was good. We gave away a few in the middle overs," he added. 

Samson (71*) and Dhruv Jurel (52*) shared an unbeaten 121-run stand for the fourth wicket as Rajasthan Royals chased down the target with 1 over to spare. 

"Form is temporary in this format. We have seen Jurel in Tests. We believe in him. He has been batting one hour and two hours at times in the nets. We have been doing really well. We have been a little lucky as well. We need to keep the process right. At the team meetings, we talk about ticking the processes. One game at a time for us," he concluded.

LSG skipper KL Rahul admitted that his team was 20 runs short as they failed to capitalise in the last five overs. 

"I think we left about 20 runs behind. We didn’t get an ideal start but with the partnership me and Hooda had was great. In these sorts of games, the set batter had to score close to a hundred after getting to 50-60. I think we were 150 after about 15 overs, should have capitalized on it a bit more," Rahul said. 

The flamboyant batter said that he should have scored 20 more to take his team to 220. 

"I think it is clear the team with more sixes ends up winning. We do try to hit our sixes but today we had to change our approach after those two early wicket. If Hooda pushed on and scored 20 more, and I got 20 more then we’d finish around 220. That would have been the difference, that’s the 20 runs we left behind," he added.

 Rahul further suggested in modern-day cricket, it's important to give extra cushion to their bowlers. 

"We’re seeing with every game how important it is to give the bowlers that extra cushion because they are under the pump. Everyone loves range hitting and hitting it all over the park, we are no different. It is part of the prep. Our big hitters are Stoin and Pooran who can hit those big shots. The other guys like us try to pick our areas and time the shots better," he concluded.

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson finishes it off in style with a four and six to seal a 7-wicket win for Rajasthan Royals. Another captain's knock from Samson as he led his team from front once again as RR won their 8th match of the season to put their one foot in the playoffs. Samson remained unbeaten on 71, while Dhruv Jurel also gave him great support with the 52-run* knock. Rajasthan Royals (199/3) beat Lucknow Super Giants (196/5) by 7 wickets

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson hits his half-century with a colossal six. He is once again leading his team from the front. Dhruv Jurel also hit his fifty with a single. Meanwhile, Samson smashed a six on the last ball to make it less than run a ball. RR 186/3 in 18 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Dhruv Jurel hit another boundary as Rajasthan Royals are marching towards a massive win here. They need 27 runs from the last three overs and they will look to finish it early. RR 170/3 in 17 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson is pumping now as he smacked Ravi Bishnoi for a couple of fours and then finished the over with a maximum. 16 runs came off the first over from Ravi Bishnoi. RR 160/3 in 16 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Krunal Pandya suffered a bit of hammering in his last over as Sanju Samson smashed him for a six. 9 runs came off the over. Krunal finished wicketless but he gave just 24 runs off his four overs. RR 144/3 in 14 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: A big over for Rajasthan Royals as Dhruv Jurel smashed three fours and a six. 20 runs came off Mohsin Khan's over. Yash Thakur had a couple of chances to take Jurel's catch but he failed to hold onto them. RR 135/3 in 14 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Krunal Pandya from the other end and he delivered another tidy over as five runs came off it. Rajasthan Royals have enough firepower to take on the LSG bowlers in the slog overs. RR 115/3 in 13 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Yash Thakur returned to the attack and Dhruv Jurel hit him for a boundary on the third ball, while Sanju Samson connected a couple on the last two deliveries. Thakur also felt the pressure and bowled a couple of wides. RR 110/3 in 12 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Amit Mishra continues from other end as Dhruv Jurel charged down the ground to smash a six. Sanju Samson also hit a boundary. 12 runs came off the over. The required run rate is 11.56. RR 93/3 in 11 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Another tidy over from Krunal Pandya as three runs came off it. Krunal has been sensational this season in terms of economy. It's not easy to hit him for big shots. RR 81/3 in 10 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Amit Mishra - The Impact Player - comes into the attack and gets the big wicket of Riyan Parag for 14 after getting hit for a six. It's 2024 and Amit Mishra is still spinning his web to dismiss batters in IPL. RR 78/3 in 8.4 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag have added 232 runs between them in 4 innings at a SR of 154.7 this season. The duo has to step up once again on the occasion to rescue their team from here. Krunal Pandya into the attack and seven runs came off it. RR 70/2 in 8 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: OUT! Marcus Stoinis into the attack and he strikes on the first ball itself to get the better of Yashasvi Jaiswal. He lofted the ball in the air and got caught. Rajasthan Royals lose openers early in the chase and things will get tricky for them from here. RR 60/2 in 6.1 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: After getting hit for a couple of boundaries, Yash Thakur bounced back in style and got the better of Jos Buttler. A massive blow as he hits the left stump with a dipping yorker. RR 60/1 in 5.5 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler started another over with a power-pack boundary. He also hit another four on the fifth ball. The two openers are looking in imperious touch and hitting boundaries at ease. 50 up for Rajasthan. RR 50/0 in 5 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler started the over with a boundary on the first ball. The two batters are rotating strikes at a regular intervals to keep the scoreboard moving. 9 runs came off the over. RR 37/0 in 4 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler plays his favourite ramp shot over fine-leg for a maximum. 8 runs came off the over. Lucknow Super Giants need early wickets to put pressure on RR who are in incredible form with the bat. RR 28/0 in 3 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal hit another boundary and is keeping the scoreboard moving at a healthy rate. 7 runs came off the over. Jos Buttler has faced only four balls yet. RR 20/0 in 2 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal decided to take on Matt Henry early as he smashed a six over long-on and then followed it up with a four over extra cover. 13 runs came off the over. RR 13/0 in 1 over

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler are out in the middle to start the chase for Rajasthan Royals. Matt Henry has the ball in hand.

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: A decent final over from Sandeep Sharma as 12 runs came off his final over as Lucknow Super Giants fail to breach the 200-run mark. However, it's a good total on this surface but the LSG bowlers need to execute their plans well against in-form Royals batting line-up. LSG 196/5 in 20 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Trent Boult delivered an incredible penultimate over as 6 runs came off it. 200 looks tough now with Krunal Pandya and Ayush Badoni in the middle. Sandeep Sharma will bowl the final over and it won't be easy to hit him. LSG 184/5 in 19 overs

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: A big wicket for Rajasthan Royals as KL Rahul is showing some anger here on his shot selection as he departs for 76. A good solid knock from the LSG skipper. LSG 173/5 in 17.2 overs vs RR