New Delhi. On Friday night, Rajasthan Royals led by Sanju Samson defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets in Qualifier 2. After this stunning victory, Rajasthan Royals (RR) entered the IPL final after a long 14 years. Earlier in the first season of IPL, under the captaincy of Shane Warne, the team reached the final and won the title. At the same time, centurion Jos Buttler and captain Sanju Samson looked a little emotional on this spectacular victory of the team after this long time. Both the players talked about Shane Warne after the match.
Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals thrashed Faf du Plessis’ Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets in Qualifier 2 on Friday night. After this stunning win, RR has entered the IPL final after 14 years. In the first season of IPL, under the captaincy of Shane Warne, the team reached the final and won the title. Centurion Jos Buttler and captain Sanju Samson looked a little emotional after Rajasthan’s stupendous win and both the players talked about Shane Warne, one of the greatest bowlers in history, after the match.
Jos Buttler, who played a key role in this victory against RCB, said, “Shane Warne is a very influential person for Rajasthan Royals and for helping the team to success in the first season, we will miss him very much, but we know he is today Looking at us with great pride.” At the same time, Sanju Samson recalled the final of IPL 2008 and said, “I was very young and that was the first season of IPL. I remember I was playing an under-16 match somewhere in Kerala. There I watched the match with friends, I remember the last run was taken by Sohail Tanvir with Shane Warne. It was a very memorable moment.”
Talking about the match, RCB, batting first, set a target of 158 runs to win against Rajasthan on the basis of Patidar’s half-century. RR’s team completed this target with 11 balls to spare for the loss of just three wickets. For Rajasthan, Jos Buttler played an unbeaten innings of 106 runs in 60 balls with 10 fours and 6 sixes. Now on May 29, Rajasthan Royals will fight the title battle against Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans.