It was yet another close one that slipped through Rajasthan바카라™s fingers. In a thrilling Indian Premier League 2025 match that featured 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi making history and a nail-biting final over, the Lucknow Super Giants clinched a narrow 2-run win against the Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on Saturday night. (Match Blog | Full Coverage)
After opting to bat first, Rishabh Pant's LSG side could only manage 180/5 in their 20 overs, a total that first seemed underwhelming. However, it proved to be a challenging target for the Royals, who ended their chase at 178/5 in 20 overs, falling just short by the smallest of margins.
Mitchell Marsh couldn바카라™t make an impact, departing for just 6 off 4 balls, but Aiden Markram steadied the ship with a solid 66 off 45 balls. Along with Ayush Badoni (50 off 34 balls) and a late cameo from Abdul Samad (30 off 10 balls), LSG, once struggling at 54/3 in the 8th over managed to go past 150.
Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson missed out to play due to injury sustained during their previous game agaisnt Delhi Capitals. In his absence Riyan Parag led the Royals.
Chasing 181, RR, were given a dream start by debutant Vaibhav Suryavanshi. The 14-year-old smashed a six off his very first IPL ball from Avesh Khan, eventually scoring 34 off 20 balls, including three sixes and two boundaries. At the other end, Yashasvi Jaiswal kept the chase alive.
Jaiswal scored 74 off 52 balla but the Royals couldn바카라™t quite hold it together. Nitish Rana fell cheaply for 8 off 7 balls and Parag got starts but couldn바카라™t carry on falling LBW to Avesh Khan.
Avesh was the man for LSG at the death, dismissing Shimron Hetmyer for 12 off 7 balls in the final overs and defending 9 off the last over with ice in his veins.
Despite some late resistance from Dhruv Jurel and Shubhan Dubey, Rajasthan fell short at 178, losing by just two runs.
With this loss, the Royals slumped to their fourth consecutive defeat, leaving them in 8th place with just 4 points from 8 matches, while the Super Giants climbed to 4th with 10 points from 8 games.
Rajasthan Royals will now face Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their next IPL match on April 24. Meanwhile, Lucknow Super Giants will take on DC on April 22.
Playing XIs:
Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), David Miller, Abdul Samad, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Riyan Parag(c), Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande
Impact Subs:
Lucknow Super Giants: Ayush Badoni, Mayank Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh
Rajasthan Royals: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kunal Singh Rathore
