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In the 20th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Raja🗹꧋sthan Royals (RR) defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by three runs at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.
Chasing 166, Lucknow had a terrible start losing captain KL Rahul (0) and Krishnappa Gowtham (0) for golden ducks in the first two deliveries bowled by Trent Boult. Soon, Lucknow lost Jason Holder (8) when the team’s score read 14 in 3.3 overs.
Quinton de Kock (39), Deepak Hooda (25) and Krunal Pandya (22) made some valuable contributions to take the game deep. Marcus Stoinis (38 not 🎀out) provided some late blitz to push Lucknow an inch closer to victory and bring down the equation to 15 needed off the final over꧃.
However, debutant Kuldeep Sen showed nerves of steel and only gave away 11🍷 🎶runs to help the Royals win the contest by three runs.
Earlier, Shimron Hetmyer, with a blistering knock, powered Rajasthan to a respectable total. The explosi💖ve Caribbean batter smashed LSG bowlers in the latter half to put RR in a good position.
Hetmyer smashed an unbeaten 59 from just 36 deliveries, including one four and 6 humungous sixes. Apart from Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin chipped in with a valuable 28 off 23 to help the Royals post 165/𝕴6 in their allotted 20 overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
First IPL match. Defending 15 off the last over.
Kuldeep, what a stunner. 💗
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
Playing his first match and bow💦ling the last over to take the team to victory! What a night for the youngster 👏👏 superb bowling
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
Kuldeep can’t do anything wrong today… 🥳🤩 B꧃ut why was Stoinis held back so much?? Tactical faux-pas.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Axar and Shardul above Sarfraz
Ashwin at 6
Gowtham at 3
Holder at 4
Sunday IPL games t𒆙aking inspirat🌊ion from Sunday park cricket 😉— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Another young I🍷nd♕ian fast bowler steps into the limelight. And he looks good does Kuldeep Sen
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
What a temperament Kuldeep sen 👏👏👏👏🌟
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3)
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🏏💜 VICTORY FOR RR! After tasting victo𓃲ry in three consecutive games, LSG faces a defeat at the hands of Sanju Samson and his boys!
👉 Rajasthan move up four plac🀅es to top t⛎he points table with this win!
📸 IPL •
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
RR defeated LSG in a thrilling match.
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Kuldeep Sen has taken a flight to a fantasy land.
First IPL game – bowling the last over and winning it for your side.
Agreed that a couple of deliveries were hitওtable but what a moment for the young✨ster!!!!
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
Top of the points table – Rajasthan
Orange cap holder – Buttler
Purple cap holder – ChahalDream run continues for Royals in .
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Kౠartik Tyagi last year. Kuldeep Sen this year. Rajasthan Royals trust their young ones for the 20t✨h over.
— Sreshth Shah (@sreshthx)
Shimron Hetmyer in the death overs in IPL 2022
129 runs off 48 balls
13 sixes
SR 268.75Incredible hitting!!!!
— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN)