
Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper Sanju Samson couldn’t assist however dish out a hilarious tackle pacer Sandeep Sharma after the facet’s 50-run win over the Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Mullanpur on April 5. When requested concerning the heroics of Jofra Archer and Sandeep Sharma, Samson referred to as the latter a 115 kph bowler.
Nevertheless, the broadcaster rapidly reminded the RR captain about Sandeep touching 130 kph within the PBKS encounter. Samson jokingly responded by saying that the facet ought to minimize a cake for that.
On the post-match presentation, Samson mentioned (by way of Cricbuzz):
“That is a really lethal combo (Archer and Sandeep). One man bowling at 150 and one man at 115. (on being informed Sandeep hit 130kph) Oh did he? We should always minimize a cake on that perhaps (smiles). I can belief them a bit extra with the stress overs. (on Archer) All of us like it when he bowls quick. Doing it for me within the final 4 years, he is without doubt one of the finest guys in India proper now bowling quick.”
Sandeep loved a terrific outing towards PBKS with figures of two for 21 in his 4 overs, whereas Archer completed with 3 for 25 in his 4 overs. The win was RR’s second consecutive after beginning the 2025 IPL season with back-to-back losses.
“Until the final ball is bowled, we will not assure a win” – Sanju Samson
Sanju Samson admitted being uncertain concerning the outcome regardless of RR dominating most of their contest towards PBKS. Led by Shreyas Iyer, PBKS made a surprising begin to their IPL 2025 marketing campaign, successful their first two matches by comfy margins.
Nevertheless, they had been met by an impressed RR outfit, who scored 205 with the bat earlier than proscribing them to only 155 for 9 in 20 overs.
“We did have a small assembly within the timeout and I prompt they’re a high quality facet and we will not take it straightforward. Until the final ball is bowled, we will not assure a win. We centered on the method and the outcome took care of itself. We took our time to search out out what the most effective mixture, lineups and batting-orders are, accidents we have now to take care as it is a lengthy event,” the RR skipper mentioned (as per the aforementioned supply).
Regardless of the two-game successful streak, RR are nonetheless solely seventh on the factors desk as a result of their detrimental web run price. They’ll tackle the Gujarat Titans (GT) of their subsequent encounter on April 9.