Sanju Samson’s valiant effort went in useless as Rajasthan Royals misplaced their second consecutive match within the Indian Premier League 2024 on Tuesday, Could 7. Chasing a goal of 222 in opposition to Delhi Capitals on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, the Royals ended up making 201 regardless of Samson’s 86-run knock from 46 balls.
The guests have been within the hunt when Samson was on the market, hitting bowlers throughout the park. His stroke-filled knock included eight fours and 6 maximums however his knock got here to an finish when he was given out on a detailed name within the sixteenth over. Mukesh bought Samson’s wicket as Shai Hope took an excellent catch however was very near the boundary ropes.
The third umpire took a take a look at the dismissal however deemed it out. Samson was sad with the dismissal and didn’t needed to go away the sector both. He went on to have a chat with the umpire and even needed a overview, however he was denied of it. After his wicket, the Capitals sensed victory however nonetheless wanted to do some work to get the win beneath their belt.
The Royals misplaced wickets in a bundle after that and fell quick by 20 runs on the finish.
Teen Shubham Dubey was on the market with Rovman Powell becoming a member of him. RR additionally had Donovan Ferreira however DC then choked the Royals. Khaleel Ahmed bought Dubey caught at long-on after which Kuldeep got here to bowl his closing over of the day within the 18th over. He bought Donovan and Ravichandran Ashwin and gave solely 4 runs to most likely kill the competition.
With 37 wanted off the ultimate two overs, the Royals had solely Powell on the market. He was new to the crease and on the again of some good bowling by Rasikh Salam within the nineteenth over, the equation got here right down to 29 wanted off six balls. Mukesh bowled the ultimate over and bought Powell on the second ball because the Royals fell 20 runs quick.
That is RR’s second straight loss as they earlier suffered a defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad a number of days in the past by 1 run. RR have nonetheless not certified for the playoffs. They wanted only a win at present to formally e-book their tickets for the knockouts however failed on this try.
RR are nonetheless positioned within the second spot within the standings with 16 factors in 11 matches and want a win within the subsequent three video games to sail by. In the meantime, Delhi are again within the playoff race as they’ve pipped Lucknow Tremendous Giants from the fifth spot. DC have 12 factors from 12 matches and keep within the hunt for the knockouts.
