Lucknow Super Giants lost to Rajasthan Royals by 24 runs in the 63rd match of IPL 2022 on Sunday. After this defeat, the Lucknow team is in danger of being knocked out of the playoffs. Rajasthan posted a challenging score of 178 for six in 20 overs and restricted Lucknow to 154 for eight. Rajasthan has moved up to the second position with 8th win and 16 points from 13 matches while Lucknow has slipped to third place with 16 points after a fifth loss from 13 matches. After the Lucknow defeat, captain KL Rahul said that his batsmen disappointed once again.
Rahul said after the match, ‘It was a target that could have been achieved. The pitch was good and we managed to hold them till this score. Our batting unit once again performed poorly. The batsmen could not perform in unison and we could not field our strategy. Now we have to do very well in the next match.
The team of Rajasthan Royals has now reached ahead of Lucknow in decimal points. Even without Shimron Hetmyer, Rajasthan scored 178 in this match, even though there was no half-century but Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikal, Sanju Samson played important innings. At the same time, the batsmen of the Lucknow team were scattered. The top order could not get the start right. Later, Deepak Hooda definitely kept the hopes alive by scoring a half-century but it was not enough.