Ravindra Jadeja raised eyebrows after being named Player of the Match in Rajasthan Royals\u2019 40-run win over Lucknow Super Giants, dedicating the award to Gujarat\u2019s Education Minister in his post-match comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore I start, I would like to dedicate this award to the Education Minister of Gujarat,\u201d Ravindra Jadeja said. \u201cShe told me yesterday that I was going to do wonders tomorrow. So I want to thank her.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that the pitch was not straightforward, with swing and seam early on making strokeplay difficult. His focus, he said, was on staying in for as long as possible and cashing in late, which Rajasthan did with 20 runs in the final over.<\/p>\n
Jadeja holds RR innings together on difficult surface<\/strong><\/p>\n Rajasthan were in trouble early and had slipped to 77 for 5 before Jadeja took control of the innings. His unbeaten 43 off 29 balls was built on restraint at first, before he accelerated when the innings demanded it.<\/p>\n He resisted the temptation to force the pace on a surface offering bounce and movement. Instead, he worked in partnerships, first steadying things with Donovan Ferreira and then pushing the total forward with Shubham Dubey in the closing overs.<\/p>\n His six in the final over proved decisive in lifting Rajasthan to 159 for 6, a score that looked under pressure midway through the innings but ended up being competitive.<\/p>\n RR bowlers seal win as LSG collapse again<\/strong><\/p>\n Lucknow Super Giants never recovered from early strikes. Jofra Archer led the attack and also became Rajasthan Royals\u2019 leading wicket-taker in IPL history during the match, underlining his importance to the side.<\/p>\n LSG\u2019s top order collapsed under pressure, with multiple ducks and little resistance around Mitchell Marsh, who top-scored with 55. Once he fell, the chase unraveled quickly.<\/p>\n Rajasthan\u2019s bowlers maintained control throughout and bowled Lucknow out for 119, sealing a 40-run win. The result lifted Rajasthan into second place, while Lucknow slipped further down the table after another heavy batting failure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jadeja dedicates award to Gujarat minister after match-winning effort Ravindra Jadeja raised eyebrows after being named Player of the Match\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":49864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49865,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49863\/revisions\/49865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}