Captain Sanju Samson hit an unbeaten 71 as the Rajasthan Royals all but confirmed their playoff spot with a seven-wicket hammering of the Lucknow Super Giants.
The hosts posted 196-5 courtesy a 76 by captain KL Rahul and his 115 run stand with Deepak Hooda, who made 50.
Lucknow lost two early wickets after New Zealand’s left-arm quick Trent Boult bowled Quinton de Kock for eight and Sandeep Sharma bowled Marcus Stoinis for a duck.
Just Trent Boult things ?
Wicket in his very first over, again ?
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Rahul and Hooda steadied the innings and then hit back but the effort was not enough as Dhruv Jurel, who hit 52, and Samson steered table-toppers Rajasthan home with one over to spare for their eighth win in nine matches.
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