IPL2024, RR vs LSG: The fourth match of IPL 2024 was played between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on 24 March. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, Sanju Samson’s team scored 193 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. Rajasthan suffered two major setbacks in the beginning, Jos Buttler (11) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (24) returned to the pavilion cheaply.
Captain Sanju Samson, taking the responsibility of the team, played an unbeaten inning of 82 runs in 52 balls and took the team to a big score. KL Rahul (58) and Nicholas Puran (64) played good innings for Lucknow Super Giants, but could not lead the team to victory. Rajasthan Royals have made a great start to the season by winning by 20 runs.

Where did the Lucknow Super Giants team lose?

While chasing the target, LSG suffered 3 major setbacks in the powerplay. Opener Quinton de Kock was out after scoring 4 runs. Let us tell you that this is the same De Kock who had destroyed the bowlers on the Indian pitch in the ODI World Cup played last year. After which Devdutt Padikkal duck and Ayush Badoni returned to the pavilion after scoring 1 run.

Captain KL Rahul was present at the crease, he made a partnership of 49 runs with Deepak Hooda. Deepak Hooda failed to play a big innings and returned to the pavilion after scoring 26 runs. Lucknow Super Giants needed a strong partnership, and the pair of KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran did the job. Both of them showed amazing intelligence and made a partnership of 85 runs. KL Rahul became the victim of Sandeep Sharma after scoring 58 runs in 44 balls in the 17th over.

KL Rahul’s wicket was the turning point of the match (RR vs LSG Turning Point of the Match)

On one hand, the match was gradually turning in LSG’s favour, at a time when KL Rahul’s wicket fell, it was a big blow for the team and Nicholas Pooran. After the fall of KL Rahul’s wicket, the team’s run rate kept increasing. Both KL Rahul and Puran are explosive batsmen and have the power to win the match by hitting big shots. But after the partnership broke, the entire burden fell on Nicholas Pooran and he did not get help from the other end due to which LSG missed by 20 runs and had to face defeat in the match.