Bat slips from Sanju Samson's hand during Rajasthan Royals Lucknow Super Giants match IPL 2024 LSG vs RR

LSG vs RR: Lucknow Super Giants had given a huge target of 197 runs to Rajasthan Royals. Chasing this target, RR captain Sanju Samson played a half-century, but in the 16th innings, Samson lost the bat while trying to play a big shot. Such incidents have happened in the past too and like most occasions, this time too a major incident has been averted. In this match, Sanju Samson played an inning of 71 runs in 33 balls and also made an important contribution in helping RR win by 3 wickets by making a partnership of 121 runs with Dhruv Jurel.

The bat slipped from Sanju Samson's hand.

This incident happened in the 16th over of the innings of Rajasthan Royals. Ravi Bishnoi was bowling and Samson swung the bat hard in an attempt to hit a big shot. But due to playing a long innings, the bat slipped from his sweaty hands and fell behind him. It is a good thing that no one was injured in this incident. Due to the bat falling from his hand, Samson had to run without the bat. Amit Mishra picked up Samson's bat and when Dhruv Jurel approached him to take Samson's bat, Amit Mishra was also seen playing with the bat in a funny manner.

Sanju Samson closer to Orange Cap

RR captain Sanju Samson is in excellent form in IPL 2024. So far this season, he has scored 385 runs in 9 matches at an average of 77 and he has come second after Virat Kohli in the race for the Orange Cap. Virat has so far scored 430 runs in 9 matches. Talking about Samson, he is playing at a strike rate of more than 161 in the season and has also played 4 half-century innings.

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