Rajasthan Royals cruised to 199 in 19 overs on Saturday to register the highest successful chase in the Indian Premier League at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.
Lucknow Super Giants, put into bat, put on 196/5 in 20 overs. KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda stitched together a 115-run stand for the third wicket off 62 balls.
However, LSG skipper Rahul felt his side was around 20 runs away from a par score at the venue. During the post-match interaction, the wicketkeeper-batter said, “We were left 20 runs behind. We didn’t get to an ideal start. We should look at getting as many runs as we can, despite the partnership between Hooda and me.”
In response, RR openers Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal got off to an excellent start, with LSG getting the breakthrough only after 60 runs were up on the board. Although Riyan Parag couldn’t score big tonight (11-ball 14), a 121-run partnership between Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel saw the team through.
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