Rajasthan Royals lost in a thrilling encounter, Lucknow Super Giants win by 2 runs
The second match of the day was played between Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Rajasthan.
LSG won the toss and elected to bat first.
After which LSG, who opted to bat, scored 54 runs in 46 balls and lost 3 batsmen. After a poor start, A. Markram (45-66), A. Badoni (34-50) and A. Samad (10-30)* took the team to 180 runs in the allotted 20 overs.
Bowlers T. Deshpande (4-26-1), W. Hasaranga (4-31-2) and J. Archer (4-32-1) performed brilliantly for Rajasthan Royals.
Rajasthan Royal got off to a great start with Y. Jaiswal (52-74) & V. Suryavanshi (20-34). Rajasthan Royal lost their first wicket in 52 balls for 85.
After that, they lost their second wicket in 94. For Rajasthan Royal, Y. Jaiswal and Riyan Parag (26-39) added 60 runs in 43 balls for the third wicket. When Jaiswal got out, Rajasthan Royal needed 25 runs in 14 balls to win.
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Which seemed to be achievable. But in the end, Rajasthan Royal lost the match by 2 runs. LSG bowlers R. Bishnoi (3-19-0) at A. Khan (4-37-3) gave a brilliant performance to lead the team to a close victory.