–as LSG seal thrilling win

AVESH Khan came up with a stunning display at the death to deny Rajasthan Royals a comfortable win in Jaipur on Saturday.
An evening that was headlined by 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s impressive IPL debut turned sour for the Royals as they lost their fourth successive game, their second choke on the trot in a run chase.
At the death. The game was RR’s to lose as they headed into the final five overs, needing only 46 runs with a well-set Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag at the crease.
LSG’s stunning comeback with the ball saw them concede only 43 runs in that phase.

Lucknow Super Giants have relied heavily on Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Pooran for their runs this season. But tonight, both these batters were sent packing early.
LSG were then put under severe pressure as Rishabh Pant endured another failure. Pant looked completely out of sorts, and he failed to make a clean connection to a reverse sweep, only to glove it to the ‘keeper to give Wanindu Hasaranga his first wicket.
That forced LSG to use their impact sub and send Ayush Badoni to resurrect the innings.

At the end of the 19th over, LSG had only 153 on the board, with David Miller struggling to get going.
However, the final over saw Abdul Samad explode in style with four towering sixes that just stunned the bowling side.
From potentially staring at a below par total of 160, LSG ended up with 180 on the board as a result of that assault.

It was a start that just had everyone on their feet. Making his debut at the age of 14, Vaibhav Suryavanshi sent his first ball in IPL over covers for a massive six.
If that wasn’t enough, he hammered the first ball he faced from Avesh Khan for a massive six as well to make a dream start.

The equation came down to 17 off 9, which is when Shimron Hetmyer found the boundary, twice, much to the relief of the home side.

From thereon, Royals should have still gone on to win the game. However, Avesh was back again in the final over to haunt them as he delivered one yorker after another, just like what Mitchell Starc did against the same opposition three days ago.

His precision ensured Royals never got that boundary they were desperately looking for as they fell short by two runs. (Cricbuzz)