Undoubtedly one of the vital fearsome batters within the shortest format, Sanju Samson has received over the hearts of many followers by his heroics with the bat through the years. However, the side of his recreation that does not get talked about a lot is wicket-keeping. In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Samson executed a shocking run-out whereas preserving his gloves on to dismiss Nicholas Pooran. The effort noticed him draw loads of plaudits from followers.

Throwing the ball with the gloves on stays of the hardest duties for a wicket-keeper. However, Sanju hit bulls-eye regardless of sporting the wicket-keeping gloves as Pooran tried to sneak a run within the final over of the innings.

Here’s the video of Samson’s run-out of Nicholas Pooran:

Brilliant preserving by captain cool #SanjuSamson to get Pooran out. #RRvLSG #RajasthanRoyals pic.twitter.com/M8ofJci3YX

— Roshmi (@CricketwithRosh) April 19, 2023

As for the match, Marcus Stoinis and Avesh Khan shared 5 wickets between them as Lucknow Super Kings defended 154 to defeat Rajasthan Royals by 10 runs within the Indian Premier League on Wednesday.

West Indies big-hitter Kyle Mayers top-scored with 51 and Stoinis contributed 21 in Lucknow’s complete on a tricky batting pitch in Jaipur.

Stoinis then took the 2 key wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal (44) and Jos Buttler (40). Fellow fast Avesh returned figures of 3-25.

With 19 wanted off the final over, Avesh stored his calm to strike twice and limit Rajasthan to 144-6.

Rajasthan preserve their high spot within the desk with eight factors, forward of second-placed Lucknow, who even have 4 wins from six matches however keep behind on an inferior run-rate.

With AFP inputs