The 63rd game of TATA IPL 2022 saw Rajasthan Royals move one step closer to the qualification for the play-off places. Sanju Samson led side beat Lucknow Super Giants by 24 runs to move into the 2nd place in the table. With this loss, LSG have now lost 2 games in a row and have been pushed to 3rd in the table. While Rajasthan Royals ran out easy winners in the game, Riyan Parag has again landed in the eye of the storm for his behavior.
Riyan Parag nearly claims a catch on the bounce –
The incident happened in the 3rd ball of the 19th over which saw Obed McCoy bowling to Marcus Stoinis. The left arm pacer from West Indies bowled to Stoinis who hit the ball in the air. Parag made good ground and dived to take the catch, and the fielder appealed for a catch. The on-field umpires went up to check and found the ball had bounced in front and deemed it not out.
Parag’s Cheeky celebration doesn’t impress the fans or Matthew Hayden –
The next incident occurred an over later, when Parag took a catch of the Australian Stoinis to dismiss him for 27. Once the catch was completed, Parag was acting as if he was going to touch the ball on the ground. This wasn’t appreciated by Matthew Hayden in the commentary box and he made strong observations about the behavior from Parag.
Disciplined RR bowling attack helps them to win by 24 runs –
Chasing 179 to win, LSG were rocked early when they lost the wicket of De Kock for 7. He was sent back by Boult brilliantly caught by Neesham at Point, next ball the Kiwi struck again getting Badoni LBW for a first ball duck. Skipper KL Rahul was dismissed by his Karnataka team mate Prasidh Krishna for 10. Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pandya steadied the ship with a 65 run stand, before Pandya fell for 25. Hooda was the top scorer with 59 off 39 balls with fours and 2 sixes. The RR bowling was tight and showed discipline to help them to a 24 run win. Boult, Krishna and McCoy picked 2 wickets each, while spin twins Ashwin and Chahal picked a wicket each.