Delhi: Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain Sanju Samson will not travel with the team in the IPL 2025 match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Thursday. Playing against Delhi Capitals last week, he suffered a stomach injury, due to which he is not fully fit yet.
Was not even included in the team against Lucknow
Wicketkeeper batsman Samson was also excluded from the match played against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Jaipur on Saturday due to this injury. During the batting in the match against Delhi, he suffered a stomach injury and he had retired after scoring 31 runs.
Treatment is being done by staying in Jaipur
Rajasthan Royals (RR) captains are currently present in the team’s domestic base Jaipur, where they are undergoing treatment under the supervision of the team’s medical staff. Their recovery process is still going on, so he is not put in the squad against RCB, that is, captain Samson will not play against RCB on 24 April.
🚨 a huge set-back for Rajasthan Royals 🚨
– Sanju Samson Ruled out of the RCB Match on April 24th. pic.twitter.com/w0LIWVYM3
– Johns. (@Criccrazyjohns) April 21, 2025
Team management is taking carefully decision
The team management is closely monitoring their health and a match rate match will be decided for their play, so that they return to the field only after fit.
Ryan Parag played captaincy
In the absence of Sanju, Ryan Parag captained the team against Lucknow. In this match, Rajasthan suffered a close defeat by 2 runs, but the team did well.
14 -year -old Vaibhav Suryavanshi made historical debut
Another special moment was seen in this match, when 14 -year -old batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi took the responsibility of opening instead of Sanju. He started the innings with star batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal and impressed everyone with his brilliant batting. With this, he became the youngest player in IPL history.
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