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Best performances - Batsmen

MR Marsh
MR Marsh
55(41) 6x4 - 2x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 13 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
1 2 12 3 9 9 5 14
RA Jadeja
RA Jadeja
43(29) 2x4 - 1x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 16 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
2 0 4 15 12 3 6 1

Best performances - Bowlers

JC Archer
JC Archer
O4
M1
R20
W3
Eco5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Mohsin Khan
Mohsin Khan
O4
M1
R17
W2
Eco4.25
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W

Match Details

Toss

Lucknow Super Giants , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45

Match days

22 April 2026 - night match (20-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Rajasthan Royals 2, Lucknow Super Giants 0

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Ashish Pant

END OF OVER:
18 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | LSG: 119/10 (41 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.61, RRR: 20.50)

  • Digvesh Rathi2 (2b)
  • Jofra Archer4-1-20-3
  • Brijesh Sharma3-0-18-2

A low-scoring game but still a one-sided one with RR moving to second on the points table, and LSG continuing their horror run. If you missed any of the action, Shashank Kishore's report has you covered. Thanks for tuning in as always and thanks for all your comments. Until tomorrow, this is me, Ashish Pant, signing off on behalf of Ekanth, Chandan and Raghav. Ciao!

Ravindra Jadeja is the player of the match: Feeling good, winning Man of the match. I want to dedicate the award to the education minister of Gujarat [which is his wife]. She said yesterday that I will do well and I did. Wicket was not easy to bat because the ball was seaming and swinging. I wanted to play long as much as I can. In T20 cricket, you never know last over you can cash in and we did. [On the last over] Not easy coming back from injury. I was just backing my strength. I was telling my partner to wait and go after the bowling. [On the celebration after taking Pooran's wicket] Yes, Nicholas Pooran is in my pocket. Random thought came into my mind and I did it. [On bowling slow] The ball was gripping so I was thinking whether I should bowl quicker or slow. When bowling slow, I got some hold and that helped.

Riyan Parag: We were really short with the bat. We have to be better. 180 was a really good score, but the bowlers [doffs his cap]. [Low scores] It's because of the wickets. At the start of the tournament, we were a team that assess and adapt and that's how the middle order has gone. [On Archer and Burger] I am blessed. For two bowlers to bowl 3-3 in the powerplay was commendable. The lengths and lines they bowled and the way we fielded... impressive. [On RR petering away in earlier seasons] The message on the groups have been very positive. I had gone through something, even now I am going through something and everyone understands that. I feel the way I'm batting an innings is not not too far away, but as I've been saying, if I go in tomorrow and I play another game, it's going to be what the team needs. It's not me not scoring runs and taking my time getting 40 or 30. Time for presentation

Nandre Burger: It is good to get back to the winning side of things. Bowling with Jof [Archer] is cool. A bit of stutter with the bat but the boys will fix that. The wicket had a mahogany tint to it and the ball was gripping. I was trying to bowl the cutters and hope it grips. I want to keep it as simple as possible. We are just working to bowl the stock balls.

Rishabh Pant: [Where LSG lost] I don't have answers. Batting has let us down. We are disappointed as a team, as a group. You have to look for answers inside, not outside. We could have taken some time while batting. No excuses out there. Including myself, we could have taken it deeper. As a batting group, we have to put our hands up. [Bowling] We have to look at positives. We have to keep our head high and look for answers inside. We have the firepower to turn the season around. Thanks for being soft today [to the commentators].

KumarS: "Sir for POTM. easy choice!"

11.14pm RR move to second on the points table but more importantly are back to winning ways after two tough losses. They managed just 159, and that too because of some late hits from Jadeja. But the bowlers were just brilliant. Jofra Archer picked up three wickets, Nandre Burger and Brijesh Sharma two each, while Jadeja and Bishnoi one each as LSG were bowled out for a mere 119 in 18 overs. RR have managed to defend 159, the lowest score defend ended this season.

17.6
W
Archer to Mohsin Khan, OUT, THE MIDDLE STUMP IS FLATTENED! RR win by 40 runs in what has a defensive masterclass from the bowlers. Archer bowls this full, quick and on the base of middle stump. Mohsin misses and the stumps are left in a mess. RR back to winning ways, LSG lose a fourth-straight game.

Mohsin Khan b Archer 0 (2m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

17.5
0
Archer to Mohsin Khan, no run, Backs away to the fuller-length ball on leg stump, he backs away and defends to the bowler
17.4
0
Archer to Mohsin Khan, no run, Full and angling into Mohsin on the stumps, he defends

Around

17.3
W
Archer to Yadav, OUT, AN ABSOLUTE STUNNER FROM JUREL! What a 'keeper this man is! On a length outside off, Mayank pushes at it, gets a thick outside that flies to the right of Jurel, who flies to his right and takes a one-handed specky almost behind him

MP Yadav c †Jurel b Archer 5 (8m 5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100

17.2
4
Archer to Yadav, FOUR, On a length outside off stump, Mayank stays legside of the ball, opens the face of the bat and guides to the right of deep third
17.1
1
Archer to Rathi, 1 run, Starts off with a snorter outside off. A short ball aiming for Rathi's head on off. He gets his gloves high up to protect his face and manages a thick outside edge to deep third

Here's Archer. LSG need 46 runs in 18 balls with LSG on the mat

LSG 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9MR MarshA Badoni
2nd1MR MarshRR Pant
3rd1MR MarshAK Markram
4th43MR MarshN Pooran
5th37MR MarshHimmat Singh
6th14MR MarshMD Choudhary
7th6Mohammed ShamiMD Choudhary
8th2Mohammed ShamiMP Yadav
9th6MP YadavDS Rathi
10th0Mohsin KhanDS Rathi