8 wins in 9 matches – and no team had won even 6 matches till 28 April, although two teams had even played 10 matches. In IPL 2024, Rajasthan Royals (RR) are in that league where most of the teams are more popular and 'bigger' than them. Even then their captain Sanju Samson, whatever he touched turned into gold. This is the result of better and balanced cricket. Which 5 factors are especially responsible for his better cricket?

Attack in power play only: This factor did wonders. The pick for wickets in the powerplay in the first 5 matches of the season were Trent Boult and Nandre Berger – taking 9 wickets and if not Boult, Berger would take the wicket. When the South African pacer got injured, Sandeep Sharma took charge and in 4 matches, Sandeep took 3 wickets in 24 balls in the powerplay. Also economy rate is only 5.7. Rajasthan Royals have taken 16 wickets in the power play – fewer than only GT (18) and DC (17) but with the best economy rate (8.03). Boult has taken 5 wickets in his first over while no other bowler has taken more than one wicket.

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Captain Sanju Samson has a special factor of strength in batting: It is clear that they have won most of their matches without much contribution from Jos Buttler or Yashasvi Jaiswal. There is no Royals batsman among the top 3 batsmen in the season but Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag and Butler have scored 300+ runs. Samson took this team very far in building partnerships. Samson's name is definitely there in the last 3 100-run partnerships of RR – along with Parag or Jurel. Samson once again showed the selectors that he can be India's first choice wicketkeeper in the 2024 T20 World Cup. 385 runs – Only Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sai Sudarshan are above them in the run chart. Virat and Sai played 10 innings and no other Indian batsman in the middle order has 385 runs as much as Samson at number 3, 4 or 5. Are.

A hero in every match: Sandeep Sharma started this trend in the first match and after that there was a hero in every match – Ryan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult, Berger and Jos Buttler. The team is not winning because of any one player. This is the most special thing in a team's victory.

Riyan Parag starts the surprise factor: He was the weak link of the team. After all, he has repaid the support and trust of the franchise – 3 fifties, not out in two of them while scoring 43 runs in the first match. He was the anchor early against the Capitals with 84* off just 45 balls to take Royals from 36/3 to 185. The team was struggling at 48/3 against Mumbai – Parag 54* off 39 balls. Parag has scored 332 runs in 8 innings at 55+ average and 159+ strike rate.

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Made Jaipur his fort: The Royals have made Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium their fortress – winning 4 out of 5 matches. Won the first three matches here. Although the only defeat of the season came in Jaipur, whether it was a win or a loss in the toss, the team found a way to win in every situation. Especially the win against Lucknow Super Giants was amazing – 49 runs in 24 balls was a big challenge but Sandeep Sharma took the wicket of Rahul and gave only 28 runs in the remaining 23 balls and won the match by 20 runs.

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