Sanju Samson failed to make an impact in the RR vs KKR match at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. Vaibhav Arora, a KKR Pacer, dismissed the batter with his successful delivery and got the needed wicket for the team in the powerplay.
Winning the toss, Ajinkya Rahane decided to field against the Royals, allowing the opening duo of the Royals to open the innings for the team. KKR started strong and got their first wicket for the team in the powerplay, dismissing Sanju Samson for just 13 runs.
Vaibhav Crushes Samson’s stump
Vaibhav provided a flying start to the Riders’ innings and dismissed the strong head of the Royals’ Samson for just 13 runs. The incident unfolded in the fourth over of the innings when Arora was on the bowler’s end facing Samson. Sanju was about to stabilize his stay at the field, but couldn’t stay for longer as Vaibhav’s ball was too good for him to play and went straight forward, hitting the stumps.
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The RR captain, who had played as an Impact Player against SRH and scored 66 off 37 balls, was able to score only 13 off 11 balls in his second outing of the IPL 2025 season and went straight to the pavilion after the unimpressive knock.
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At the time of writing, Rajasthan Royals are struggling to make an impact and half of the team is back in the pavilion. Nitish Rana the ex-KKR player is the latest one to go back on the delivery by another replacement player Moeen Ali.
Before him, Royals have lost their top batting order including Yashasvi Jaisawal, Captain Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson and Wanindu Hasaranaga and are fighting hard to put decent scores on the board. As of now, team is at 82 with 5 being knocked down.Now all hopes for the team would be on Dhurv Jurel and Shimron Hetmyer who can lead the team to put the manageable chasing score on the board for KKR to chase.
