Sanju Samson: On Sunday, the second match of the day was played between Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, which Rajasthan won by 7 wickets. In the match, host Lucknow, batting first, scored 196/5 runs in 20 overs. In response, Rajasthan scored 199 runs after losing 3 wickets in 19 overs and registered its eighth win of the season. With this, the team wearing pink jersey has become the first team to reach the playoffs of IPL 2024. Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson is also very happy to see this excellent performance of his team.

What did Sanju Samson say after winning the match?

After registering a win against Lucknow Super Giants, Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson, during the post match presentation, expressed his views on the matters related to the entire match including the pitch. Regarding the pitch, he said, “We had some success with the new ball and when the ball got old, it became a good wicket to bat on.”

While praising his team's bowling attack, Sanju said, “It was a very good team effort. The guys who hold the ball and bowl important overs are important. They know what to do with each ball, there is a lot of planning going on behind the scenes and we are performing well. We bowled well at the beginning and end of the innings. They (LSG) took the game away from us a bit in the middle overs.”

Sanju Samson praised Dhruv Jurel

Sanju Samson praised Dhruv Jurel and said, “Batting at number 5 in T20 cricket is the most difficult task. A young player like him has patience. We have seen this in tests also. We believed in him. He has been batting in the nets for an hour or two and we knew he was just waiting for his chance.”

On winning consecutive matches at the opponents' home, Sanju said, “We are performing well. We've also been a little lucky. We have to stick to the correct procedures. Mistakes are bound to happen in T20 cricket and we reiterate that we stick to this process. The results are coming in our favor, so it's clear we're doing something right. “We are taking one match at a time.”

This was the condition of the competition

Batting first, host Lucknow had posted a good total of 196 runs. Captain KL Rahul played a captaincy inning of 76 runs on 48 balls. Apart from him, Deepak Hooda (50), Ayush Badoni (18*) and Krunal Pandya (15*) also made good contributions. But this total proved to be a sow in front of Rajasthan's excellent batting.

The pink jersey team won the match with one over to spare thanks to the stormy innings of Jos Buttler (34), Yashasvi Jaiswal (24), Riyan Parag (14) and finally captain Sanju Samson (71*) and Dhruv Jurel (52*). took.