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Rajasthan Royals suffered a crushing defeat in Delhi through the super over loss which started their three-match losing streak and threatened their playoff possibilities. Rajasthan Royals will need to produce more victories in later games because currently they possess only two wins and face a difficult challenge when they welcome Lucknow Super Giants to Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
A dilapidated pitch at the Lucknow aggregate destroyed their batting lineup during their clash against a weak CSK team. The winning effort of CSK’s MS Dhoni earned them victory as LSG stumbled to three defeats but remains near the top because of their four victories.
Although LSG faced a loss in their previous match this week they received positive developments from deeper in the season. Rishabh Pant reached his first half-century of 2022 by offering a patient innings that stabilized his team although his batting did not follow his traditional aggressive style. The rehabilitation process for express seamer Mayank Yadav has reached completion so he joined the Lucknow Super Giants squad yet uncertain about his immediate availability for the playing XI. With his raw pace and high potential the exciting fast bowler Mayank Yadav offers LSG a chance to elevate their shaky pace department so they can possibly get better in their playing performance.
Avesh Khan to Shubham Dubey, 1 run, Avesh Khan has done it and LSG win! Very full ball, Shubham Dubey drills it back at the bowler and the ball hits his boot before rolling towards extra cover.
Prince Yadav to Hetmyer, FOUR, yorker length but the line is too straight and Hetmyer has manages to flick it square of the man at 45. 11 runs off the penultimate over
Avesh Khan to Riyan Parag, out Lbw!! LBW appeal and up goes the finger. With two reviews left, Riyan Parag sends it upstairs. He walks across and gets low to play the paddle-scoop against this in-angling yorker length delivery. He's struck on the left pad adjacent to the sticks. UltraEdge confirms no inside edge. Over to ball-tracking and that's crashing into the middle-stump! Parag knew that he was a goner. Started to walk off after reviewing.
Avesh Khan to Jaiswal, FOUR, another low full toss, the line is well outside off, Jaiswal takes his front leg out of the way and throws his arms to flay it wide of backward point. Pant isn't happy
Digvesh Rathi to Jaiswal, FOUR, that's been cut really hard! Ample width, Jaiswal bends his back leg to fiercely scythe. Bishnoi dives to his left at backward point and gets a hand on it
Markram to Vaibhav Suryavanshi, out Stumped!! Confident appeal for a stumping from Pant and the TV umpire has been summoned. Slower from Markram gets it to drift inwards, Vaibhav Suryavanshi moves leg-side and is beaten in the flight as he presses forward to work it into the leg-side and misses it. Goes past the leg-stump and the batter loses his balance a bit. Pant is quick to dislodge the bails and Vaibhav's back leg is in the air. OUT! The 14-year-old is distraught but he's made an impact on his debut. Replay shows that the ball spun away after drifting in to beat the outside edge.
Markram to Jaiswal, 1 run, over the wicket, flat length ball on leg and that's been flicked to deep midwicket. Hat-trick of fifties for Yashasvi Jaiswal, four in five innings!
Ravi Bishnoi to Vaibhav Suryavanshi, FOUR, a couple of bounces and into the fence. Skiddy length around off, Vaibhav Suryavanshi
Thakur to Jaiswal, SIX, hammered, a friendly short ball, angling into his body - Jaiswal swivels across, picked the length early, used the pace on the ball and then swung it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum
Thakur to Vaibhav Suryavanshi, SIX, what a start from the 14-year old, no respect whatsoever for Thakur - on a good length around off, he stays leg-sided and then carves the drive, high and over cover for a maximum. Had everyone in awe, his partner, the bowler and even Rishabh Pant
Sandeep Sharma to Abdul Samad, SIX, 27 off the over, could this over prove decisive? Sandeep loses his length completely, offers another juicy full-toss and it's shovelled high into the night sky, has enough distance as it lands in the stands at long-on
Sandeep Sharma to Abdul Samad, SIX, to deep mid-wicket
Tushar Deshpande to Ayush Badoni, out Caught by Shubham Dubey!! That should make Dubey feel better, he had dropped one earlier, but he holds onto a far tougher catch this time around. Short and wide of off, Badoni saw the width and threw his hands on the cut, hit it hard and flat, the ball was travelling to the point boundary - Dubey ran in, then steadied and finally took a sharp overhead catch with both hands.
Hasaranga to Markram, out Caught by Riyan Parag!! There's the wicket, Markram was losing some momentum and was slowing down, he attempts the breakout shot and has holed out to long-off. Was the slower leg-break, full and spinning away from off, Badoni had to reach out on the lofted drive, gets it off the lower half of the bat and spoons a simple catch to Parag at long-off.
Over Summary (7-13 ov)* A quiet over from Tushar Deshpande after the batting PP* Wanindu Hasaranga strikes in his first over, Pant OUT for 3* Ayush Badoni replaces Mitchell Marsh as the impact substitute* Badoni gets going with a cracking boundary off Deshpande* Badoni survives a close LBW shout on 7 off Hasaranga* Markram counter punches with back-to-back sixes off Hasaranga* Markram completes a fine 31-ball half-century* Sandeep Sharma concedes 16 runs in the 11th over* RR bowlers continue to remain expensive, Theekshana goes for 13 runs in the 12th over
Theekshana to Markram, SIX, miscue? Not really! Length delivery on off-stump, was the carrom ball and it didn't look like he quite got all of it, he pressed back and heaved it away over long-on, had enough to clear the boundary with ease
Sandeep Sharma to Markram, 2 runs, full on middle, clipped away towards deep mid-wicket, they charge back for two
Tushar Deshpande to Ayush Badoni, FOUR, that's beautifully played! Good length delivery just outside off, Ayush Badoni hung back and waited for it, let it arrive and opened the face of the bat to steer it away to the deep backward point ropes
Hasaranga to Pant, out Caught by Dhruv Jurel!! Juggle once, juggle twice, juggle thrice and snap it up! Pant doesn't bother hanging around. Excellent catch from Dhruv Jurel behind the stumps and now LSG are in a spot of bother.
* Jofra Archer concedes 12 runs in the opening over* A steepler and Hetmyer takes a fine catch at deep square leg, Marsh OUT for 4* Markram gets going with a few boundaries* Theekshana concedes 12 runs in the 4th over* A big let-off for Pooran as he's dropped by Dubey on 6* Another expensive over as Archer concedes 12 runs in the 5th over* Sandeep Sharma gets rid of Pooran, OUT LBW for 11. A wasted review as well* Rishabh Pant survives a LBW review first-ball
Jofra Archer to Mitchell Marsh, out Caught by Hetmyer!! That's gone a mile up and Hetmyer gobbles it up! Archer wins the battle and Marsh is sent packing early. Not sure that was the right option from Mitchell Marsh. There was a bit of pressure building so he looked to hack this length delivery just outside off across the line, it took the top-edge and went high in the air. Hetmyer ran in from deep square leg, took a moment to settle under it and had to lunge forward to complete the catch. Safely held in the end and Marsh trudges off.
Jofra Archer to Markram, FOUR, no one's chasing that! Length delivery outside off, just a hint of width offered, Markram sat back and crunched it away past backward point, waited for it and used the pace
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