Rajasthan Royals Captain Sanju Samson’s file photo© AFP
Jaipur:
The participation of Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson has doubt the Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday, as he expects the results for a wounding on the franchise side. Samson retired on Wednesday after receiving 31 points of 19 balls due to a suspicious side difficulty during his last match against Delhi Capitals. The RR captain seemed to be discomfort after a trial of a cut from Vipraj Nigam and asked the physiary to examine the left side of the rib cage. Despite the next delivery, Samson soon left the field. The match ended with a tie, RR finally ended super. “Sanju experienced some pain in the abdomen. So we went for scans. Today we made some screening. We are waiting for the results of these screening. And then, when we get a little clearer around the scans and we will make a forward decision (injury) and we will see what will happen,” he said.
Samson started IPL 2025 while getting rid of the thumb injury and played only in the first three games. During this period, Riyan Parag was activated as a captain and is expected to do it again if necessary.
Samson, who was initially used as an influence player, returned to full tasks as the captain and Wicketkeeper after being cleaned by the center of excellence in Bengaluru after his finger surgery last month. In the absence of Dhruv Jurel, Wicketkeing discussed his responsibilities.
RR in the rudder in Parag, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Knight Riders (KKR) against the first two matches against Knight Riders (KKR), but returned to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Guwahati. They followed this with a victory against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) before losing their next three matches. As a result, they are currently eighth in the score table.
Dravid admitted that RR should improve his executions with the ball towards the end of the strokes. “Death Bowling has suffered a little bit. In the last five, we accepted 77 in the last game. The game has accepted 72 before. I think this should be a little better for us, we need to work a little more.
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