Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson, who started with a quick fire of 19 balls 31 during the IPL 2025 game against Delhi Capitals, had to sit out the latter part of the innings due to injury.
In a dramatic finish, Mitchell Starc’s brilliance in the final over has pushed the clash between the Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals into the first Super Over of the season.
Chasing a modest target, the Rajasthan Royals needed just nine runs from the final over, but Starc showcased his skills, proving his credentials as a bowler.
Conceding only eight runs, he took the game into a Super Over, where the momentum shifted decisively in Delhi’s favour.
Addressing in the post match conference, Sanju Samson spoke about his injury which happened during the sixth over of the RR innings by DC bowler Vipraj Nigam, when he felt pain in his ribs and retired hurt.
“It feels alright (his injury). I wasn’t just ready to come back and bat. It feels alright now. We will observe it tomorrow and see how it is,” he said.
Reflecting on the game, RR skipper Sanju Samson praised Mitchell Starc’s match winning performance.
“I think as we all saw, some fantastic bowling by Starcy. He is one of the best guys around in the world. I would like to give it to Starcy. He won them the game in the 20th over,” Samson said.
He also spoke about the team’s performance despite the side’s loss. “We bowled well. There were phases when they came hard at us. I would like to give credit to our bowlers and fielders. The energy on the ground was fantastic,” he said.
“I thought that score was chaseable given the batting lineup that we had. The start that we got in the Powerplay. I felt it was a chaseable score,” he said.
Sanju Samson also had word for pacer Sandeep Sharma, who bowled the Super Over for Rajasthan.
“I think Sandeep has been bowling the toughest overs for us in the last few years. Starcy took it away,” he admitted. “A win today could have created some positivity in the dressing room,” he added.
Rajasthan Royals has two wins out of seven games and secured 8th position of the IPL 2025 Points table.
Rajasthan Royals will play their next game against Lucknow Super Giants on April 19 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
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