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'He Was Really Fired Up': Samson Lauds Chahal For Turning Things Around Before WC Selection

Chahal celebrating a wicket against MI on Monday (Source: IPL)Chahal celebrating a wicket against MI on Monday (Source: IPL)

Continuing their impressive form in the IPL 2024, Rajasthan Royals (RR) marched onto their third win of the season after crushing Mumbai Indians (MI) in Wankhede as they put on a dominating performance with the ball courtesy of Trent Boult, Nandre Burger and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Mumbai were asked to bat first on a tough pitch at their homeground, where they could only manage 125 after the end of their 20 overs. Swing and seam did the early damage, whereas spin, especially from Yuzvendra Chahal, caused Mumbai all sorts of problems.

In the second innings, Rajasthan finished the game inside the 16th over courtesy of Riyan Parag, who scored 50 from 39 deliveries and had three sixes to his name.

Rajasthan skipper Sanju Samson spoke about the match-turning moment, and according to him, it was the toss since the pitch was a little sticky. 

Adding to this, Samson mentioned that Boult was excellent at the top and with Burger also doing his part to reduce Mumbai to four down for 20, although he wasn't expecting four-five wickets at the start.

"I think the toss was the game changer. The wicket was too sticky to start off, and the experience of Boult and Burger helped us. He's playing since 10-15 years, and that is what we expected with the new ball. Didn't expect 4-5 wickets to fall, but we knew our bowlers would do well. We know we have big individuals in our team, but where we stand out is everyone recognises their role, does it and moves on."

Moreover, praising Chahal, Sanju declared that the leg-spinner was fired up for this season of the IPL, as we can see in his performances. Even in this game, he picked three wickets for just 11 runs in his four overs.

"The likes of Ash and Chahal realised we had a good powerplay, and they kept it tight without really looking for wickets. (On Chahal) I think he was really fired up for this IPL, and he's been doing well for the past 2-3 years for us."

This win for Rajasthan was a sweetener to their already high-flying campaign, and next, they will go on against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on 6th April in Jaipur.