(Cricket news) Rajasthan Royals defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 3 runs in a last over thriller. KL Rahul won the toss and elected to bowl first as both teams made two changes. For Rajasthan, Rassie van der Dussen and Kuldeep Sen replace Yashasvi Jaiswal and Navdeep Saini respectively. As for Lucknow, Marcus Stoinis and Dushmantha Chameera replace Evin Lewis and Andrew Tye.

Devdutt Padikkal gave Rajasthan Royals a decent start but LSG responded with quick wickets as RR were 67 for 4. Krishnappa Gowtham picked up two wickets while Avesh Khan and Jason Holder got a scalp each. Shimron Hetmyer and Ravichandran Ashwin who was sent ahead of Riyan Parag steadied the ship. Hetmyer continued his great form as he scored 59 off 36 balls hitting a boundary and 6 maximums. Ashwin provided good support with his 23 ball 28 before getting retired out with 10 balls to go. Skipper Sanju Samson and coach Kumar Sangakkara confirmed that it was a team decision made in order to send the big hitter Riyan Parag in for the last 10 balls. RR finished their innings at 165 for 6.

Defending 166, RR were given a terrific start by Trent Boult who picked up 2 wickets in two balls of the innings dismissing KL Rahul and Krishnappa Gowtham. Jason Holder was dismissed shortly after by Prasidh Krishna but Quinton de Kock and Deepak Hooda built an important partnership. Yuzvendra Chahal then bowled an incredible spell where he picked up 4 wickets. Marcus Stoinis produced some late fireworks but a good last over from Kuldeep Sen ensured that LSG fell 3 runs short. Lucknow came very close and if one of the Stoinis' swings had connected the result would have been different. Chahal is proving his worth once again showing how terrible the decision to leave him out of India's squad for last year's T20 World Cup was. 

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