IPL 2023: Indian Premier League In season 16, two matches were played on Sunday. In the first match, Gujarat defeated Lucknow, while in the second match, Rajasthan had to face defeat at the hands of Hyderabad. After these two matches, the playoff race has become more exciting. While Hyderabad kept the hopes of reaching the playoffs alive, Rajasthan Royals now seem to be in trouble.
A very high voltage match was witnessed between Hyderabad and Rajasthan. Batting first, Rajasthan scored a big score of 214 runs in 20 overs. Hyderabad needed 5 runs on the last ball to win. Samad got out on the ball of Sandeep Sharma and Rajasthan felt that they had won. But the happiness of the Rajasthan camp was short-lived. The umpire declared that ball a no ball.
Sandeep Sharma was forced to bowl the last ball again. Now Hyderabad only needed to score four runs on the last ball to win. But Samad did not repeat the earlier mistake and made Hyderabad the winner by hitting a six. Disappointment prevailed in the Rajasthan camp.
luck didn’t favor
The Rajasthan camp was not sorry only for this defeat. Rather, the race to reach the playoffs also became difficult for them. Rajasthan started the tournament brilliantly. Rajasthan won four of the first five matches played this season. But after this Rajasthan did not get luck. Rajasthan have lost five out of their last 6 matches.
At present, with 10 points in 11 matches, Rajasthan is at the fourth position in the points table. But if Rajasthan has to make a place in the playoffs, then it will have to win only in its last three matches. Now even a single defeat can show Rajasthan the way out of the tournament.