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The fourth match of IPL 2024 was between Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to bat.
Rajasthan Royals Innings:
Rajasthan Royals didn’t get off to a good start as Jos Buttler got out on the last ball of the second over, was dismissed by Naveen-ul-Haq and caught by Rahul. After that, Sanju Samson came to bat and he played amazingly. He first put on a partnership of 36 runs off 18 balls with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Then on the last ball of the fifth over, Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed by Mohsin Khan. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 24 runs off 12 balls. After that, Riyan Parag came to bat and Sanju Samson made a partnership with him to score 93 runs off 59 balls.
Riyan Parag played well and scored 43 runs off 29 balls before he was dismissed by Naveen-ul-Haq in the fifteenth over and he hit 1 four and three sixes. After Riyan Parag got out Shimron Hetmyer came to bat but he didn’t last long and he got out for 5 runs and was dismissed by Ravi Bishnoi. Dhruv Jurel then came in remained unbeaten on 20 off 12 balls. Sanju Samson played a captain’s knock as he scored an unbeaten 82 off 52 balls. He hit three 4s and six 6s. At the end of 20 overs, Rajasthan Royals scored 193 for 4 wickets.
Among the bowlers of Lucknow Super Giants, Naveen-ul-Haq took 2 wickets and Mohsin Khan and Ravi Bishnoi took 1 wicket each.
Lucknow Super Giants Innings:
Lucknow Super Giants didn’t get off to a good start as Quinton de Kock was dismissed by Trent Boult in the first over. Trent Boult was a bit lucky though as the ball was right on Quinton de Kock’s pad and Quinton de Kock’s shot went straight to Nandre Burger. In the third over, Trent Boult again dismissed Devdutt Padikkal for zero runs. In the next over, another wicket fell, this time Nandre Burger was dismissed and he was dismissed by Ayush Badoni and caught by Jos Buttler.
After the fall of 3 wickets for just 11 runs, captain KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda put on a partnership of 49 runs off 26 balls. In the eighth over, Deepak Hooda got out off Yuzvendra Chahal and was caught by Dhruv Jurel. He scored 26 off 13 balls and he hit 2 fours and 2 sixes. Nicholas Pooran came in to bat next, he provided good support to KL Rahul and made a partnership of 85 runs off 52 balls with KL Rahul.
Sandeep Sharma dismissed KL Rahul first ball of 17th over. KL Rahul scored a brilliant half century, he scored 58 runs in 44 balls and he hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. Nicholas Puran scored an unbeaten 64 off 41 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes but it was not enough to win the match. At the end of 20 overs, Lucknow Super Giants scored 173 runs for the loss of 6 wickets and lost the match by 20 runs.
Among the bowlers of Rajasthan Royals, Trent Boult took 2 wickets and Nandre Burger, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Sandeep Sharma took 1 wicket each.
The summary of the scorecard of this match is given below.
Scorecard Summary:
| Rajasthan Royals Innings (193/4 in 20 overs) | Lucknow Super Giants Bowling |
| Sanju Samson 82* (52) | Naveen-ul-Haq 41/2 (4 overs) |
| Riyan Parag 43 (29) | Ravi Bishnoi 38/1 (4 overs) |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal 24 (12) | Mohsin Khan 45/1 (4 overs) |
| Dhruv Jurel 20 (12) | |
| Lucknow Super Giants Innings (173/6 in 20 overs) | Rajasthan Royals Bowling |
| Nicholas Pooran 64 (41) | Trent Boult 35/2 (4 overs) |
| KL Rahul 58 (44) | Sandeep Sharma 22/1 (3 overs) |
| Deepak Hooda 26 (13) | Yuzvendra Chahal 25/1 (3 overs) |
| Ravichandran Ashwin 35/1 (4 overs) | |
| Nandre Burger 30/1 (3 overs) |
Result:
Rajasthan Royals won the match by 20 runs.
Player Of The Match:
Sanju Samson was the player of the match.