Last Update: April 02, 2023, 20:43 IST
Sanju Samson scored a brilliant half-century. (SportsPix)
It was a perfect start for Rajasthan Royals as they shrugged off a challenge from Sunrisers Hyderabad to seal a massive 72-run win in their IPL 2023 opener on Sunday.
Sanju Samson admitted that he was thinking about whether his IPL suffrage Rajasthan Royals Will start the season. And ahead of their opening match of IPL 2023, against Sunrisers Hyderabad, ending on Sunday, Samson would have a fair idea as RR were clinical with bat and ball in their opponent’s 72-run innings. produced the show. ,
The opening pair of Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal laid the foundation for the victory by running riot in the powerplay. Buttler, last season’s Orange Cap winner, started IPL 2022 from where he left off with a blistering half-century inside the powerplay.
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And Jaiswal was also in good shape as he also hit a solid half-century. The pair added 85 runs in 5.5 overs before Samson brought up his fifty and RR finished with a massive 203/4 in 20 overs.
Samson praised his openers a lot.
“Wondering how we’re going to start the season, very happy with this (performance),” Samson said during the post-match presentation. We are a very good team, but you know the format. That’s why we need to keep our heads down. It was a great start today, but we are looking to finish things off well.”
Samson was the top scorer of the RR innings, scoring 55 off 32 balls with the help of three fours and four sixes. He said, ‘For me today I wanted to stay there and finish the innings.’
Asked if RR had any weaknesses, the 28-year-old replied, “We will find out as the tournament progresses.”
For his quickfire half-century off just 20 balls, Buttler was declared player of the match.
“We had a great last season but this is a great marker for this time, we start fresh. I plan a bit but react on the day, assess the conditions and try and put pressure on the bowlers. Enjoying my cricket at the moment, playing with a clear mind,” said Buttler.
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