Sanju Samson heaped reward on Dhruv Jurel for his match-winning half-century for RR towards LSG in Match No.44 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Saturday, April 27 on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Jurel scored an unbeaten 52 off 34 balls with 5 fours and a pair of sixes because the Royals beat the Tremendous Giants by 7 wickets and secured their eighth win out of 9 matches this season.
After RR discovered themselves at 78 for 3 in 8.4 overs whereas chasing 197, Jurel got here to the get together. He joined arms with Samson and placed on an unbeaten partnership of 121 runs for the fourth wicket. On the again of his efforts, RR tracked down the goal with an over to spare and recorded the best profitable run-chase on the Ekana Stadium.
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“Type is momentary and batting at No.5 is the hardest job in T20 cricket. A teen like him, he has the composure as we’ve seen in Exams,” Samson stated within the post-match presentation ceremony.
‘We believed in him’
Earlier than the sport towards the Tremendous Giants, Jurel was not getting sufficient runs. Nevertheless, the Royals didn’t lose religion of their star batter. Samson stated that it was solely “a matter of time” earlier than Jurel stepped up for RR with the bat in hand.
“We believed in him, he has been batting within the nets for one or two hours, and we knew it was a matter of time (earlier than he delivered),” Samson added.
In 9 matches till now, Jurel has scored 102 runs at a mean of 25.50 and a strike-rate of 134.21.
All however via to the playoffs, RR are subsequent set to lock horns with Pat Cummins’ Sunrisers on Thursday, Might 2 on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium in Hyderabad.
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