Delhi: Captain Sanju Samson congratulated the batsmen of Rajasthan Royals (RR) after the victory against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the 31st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 played at Eden Gardens on Tuesday. The guests won in an exciting match. Rajasthan achieved the target of 224 runs given by Kolkata on the last ball. Batting first after losing the toss, Kolkata scored 223 runs on the basis of a century by star all-rounder and opener Sunil Narine (109 off 56 balls), in response to which Jos Buttler remained unbeaten by scoring 107* off 60 balls and Rajasthan achieved an incredible victory. of.

After the match, Sanju praised the performance of Rajasthan players. He said that Rovman Powell's sixes gave him confidence. He believes that if Butler bats 20 overs, his team can achieve any big target. Samson said, “I am very happy with the victory.” Six wickets fell. Later, Rovman Powell surprised us and hit two sixes. Only then did we believe that the match was in our hands. This paved the way for a comeback. A little more luck was on our side. Kolkata also played well. “We expected something similar.”

In such a situation, there would be no problem in saying that the wicketkeeper batsman has considered 'Powell' as the 'biggest' match winner of this match, because his innings was the turning point for the Rajasthan team to win the match. At the crucial time, he scored 26 runs in 13 balls for his team, which included 1 four and 3 sixes.

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Sanju also praised the batting of Butler and Powell. “Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty bowled well. His standards were high. This ground and wicket suited him. I wondered where Powell's two sixes came from, very happy with Jos Buttler's innings.”

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Sanju said after the match, “What he has done for the team for 6-7 years is repeated even now. If he bats till the 20th over, any winning target can be surpassed.”

Rajasthan Royals' strong position in the points table

It is noteworthy that with this victory Rajasthan has achieved the top position. RR has 12 points from seven matches. Despite the defeat, Kolkata is at second place in the points table. They have eight points in six matches. Kolkata has lost two matches.

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