Rajasthan Royals have not had considered one of their finest seasons in IPL 2023. After beginning the place they left off in 2022, the season they’d completed as runners-up, Rajasthan stumbled within the second half of the season the place they misplaced 4 of their final 5 video games to have their playoffs probabilities hold by a thread. On Friday, in a battle for survival, they tackle Punjab Kings, additionally in a do-or-die contest, at Dharamsala, with a hope to revive their probabilities, though a lot of it depend upon different components for the 2008 champions. (PBKS vs RR Live Score, IPL 2023)
Yuzvendra Chahal; Sanju Samson
On a lighter observe, there was a specific second through the match that grew to become viral on social media with even Rajasthan Royals taking a brutal dig at it. Well, it noticed Sanju Samson lose his captaincy. How?
After Rajasthan Royals received the toss and opted to bowl first within the essential contest on the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Samson was requested about his choice by presenter and former Zimbabwe cricketer Mpumelelo Mbangwa. As per broadcasting rule, throughout a one-on-one dialog, the names of individuals conversing are flashed on the display screen. Hence, when Samson was having a phrase with the presenter, his identify ought to have been proven by the broadcasters, however as a substitute it was written: “Yuzvendra Chahal, Rajasthan Royals captain”.
Rajasthan Royals later shared a yr previous tweet of theirs and brutally roasted the broadcasters for the blunder. They captioned it: “@StarSportsIndia you’re not the first ones.”
The choice to bowl first paid off for Rajasthan as Trent Boult, who returned to the enjoying XI after being benched within the final recreation, dismissed Prabhsimran Singh within the second ball of the innings earlier than Navdeep Saini, who’s enjoying the primary match this season for RR, struck twice to cut back Punjab to 50 for 4 within the seventh over.
Jitesh Sharma appeared to supply some resistance along with his 28-ball 44, laced with three boundaries and as many maximums, however Saini managed to cease his onslaught within the 14th over.
A win at this time for RR may see them rise to the fourth spot within the desk regardless of having comparable factors as Royal Challengers Bangalore (14), however separated by a superior web run charge. However, RCB do have a recreation at hand whereas RR are enjoying their ultimate recreation on Friday.
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