Right-Arm Pacer Avesh Khan Starred with the Ball as LuckNow Super GINTS Handed A Narrow Two-R Loss to Rajasthan Royals in A Last-Ball Thrily at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Saturday. This turned out to be rr’s fourth culture defeat and second loss on Trot by a Slender Margin. The team has lost its previous match in the season to Delhi capitals in a thrilling super over. To add more to their poor luck, rr went on to lose the game vs lsg by only two runs.
While reacting to rr’s latest defeat, Former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi came up with a funny post on social media.
“Something With Rajasthan Royals this season in the IPL. They would be prime for a chokers trophy if we had one,” He Wrote.
Something Wrong with @rajasthanroyals This season in the @IPL They would be prime for a #Chokers trophy if we had one
– Lalit Kumar Modi (@Lalitkmodi) April 19, 2025
Talking about the game, yashasvi jaiswal scored 74 off 52 for rr in the chase of 181 but Avesh’s 3 for 37 overshadowed it.
Earlier, Aiden Markram Scored 66 Runs Off 45 Balls While Ayush Badoni Hit 50 Off 34 as lsg posted 180 for 5 after 5 after 5 after 5 after 5 after Abdul Samad’s Late Blitzkrieg (30 not out off 10 balls) that included four Sixes in the final over bowled by sandeep sharma also helped lsg’s cap. For RR, Wanindu Hasaranga was the pick of the bowlers, returning figures of 2 for 31 in his quota of four overs. This was rr’s fourth conscuish defeat in ipl 2025.
From being in Cruise Control for Most Part to Losing the Way in the End, RR Skipper Riyan Parag Took All the Blame on Himself for the Narrow Defeat.
In the Chase, Victory Looking A Foregone Conclusion when Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Teenager Vaibhav Suryavanshi Blasted Off Like a Rockt, Stitching Togera an 85-Runrship in the ninth.
Things were going great for the hosts with jaiswal striiking a superb 74 off 52 deliveryies and an equally bellyigerent parag smashing 39 off 26 balls.
But bot was dismissed by lsg pacer avesh Khan in the 18th over, more on account of the power selection of shoots.
RR could not take the shock of losing two well-set batter and finally fell too runs short.
“Really hard to process all the emotions. Put up a game collectively, “Said parag, who is on saturday due to a side strain to regular skipper sanju samson.
The last over, also bowled by Avesh, was one who is the lsg bowler putting his years of experience to test and comeing out winner. He also get rid of the dangerous shimron hatmyer to snuff out the rr challenge.
(With pti inputs)
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