Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals Highlights: Rajasthan Royals have defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 40 runs. In this match played at Ekana Stadium, Rajasthan team batted first and scored 159 runs. In reply, the entire Lucknow team was reduced to 119 runs. Mitchell Marsh kept fighting alone and played a fighting inning of 55 runs, but could not take the team to victory.
This is the fifth win of the season for Rajasthan Royals. He also ended the two-match losing streak. Players who drew huge salaries like Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Puran and Mayank Yadav flopped miserably. This is Lucknow’s fifth defeat in 7 matches.
Rajasthan Royals won even after scoring 159 runs
Low-scoring matches have been continuously taking place on the pitch of Ekana Stadium. Thanks to Ravindra Jadeja’s 43 runs, Rajasthan team was able to reach 159 runs. Since scores even lower than this have been successfully defended here, the danger for Lucknow Super Giants was not over despite only 159 runs.
The start of the Lucknow team was so bad that by the time the score reached 11, it had lost three valuable wickets. Rishabh Pant, Aiden Markram and Ayush Badoni, three of the top-4 batsmen could not open their account. Nicholas Puran, who was struggling with poor form, scored 22 runs. Mitchell Marsh was the only one to fight for Lucknow. He scored 55 runs playing 41 balls, but wickets kept falling from the other end.
Rajasthan’s deadly bowling
Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag used five bowlers and everyone got at least one wicket. The most successful bowler was Joffra Archer, who dismissed three batsmen. Whereas Nandre Burger and Brijesh Sharma took two wickets each. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravi Bishnoi also succeeded in taking one wicket each.
