Sanju Samson’s unbeaten 71 runs off 33 balls, which included 4 stylish 6s, had a significantly greater impact than his counterpart KL Rahul’s more measured 76 off 48 balls as the Rajasthan Royals comfortably defeated the Lucknow Super Giants by 7 wickets on Saturday. This victory was important for the Rajasthan Royals as they made a significant step towards the IPL playoffs.

Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel came together when the Rajasthan Royals lost momentum after a strong start, forging a partnership a solid partnership of 121 runs in just 62 balls for the unbeaten 4^th wicket, guiding their team to victory. Despite facing a challenging target of 197 with LSG playing with 7 bowlers, including 2 leg spinners Rajasthan Royals chased down the total of 199 runs losing 3 wickets and secured the victory with 1 over to spare.

Dhruv Jurela played his part as he hit a solid half century of 52 runs which included 5 fours and 2 sixes. The victory takes Rajasthan Royals to the top of the table with 16 points and 6 points ahead of 2^nd best Kolkata Knight Riders and step closer to become to become the 1^st team to reach the playoffs in the 17^th edition of IPL.

The playoff’s cutoff this year is likely to be 18 points, if one goes by the current scenario the first team to reach playoffs in the 17^th edition. The cut off for the playoffs is likely to be 18 points if one goes by the current mid-table muddle.

Rajasthan openers Jos Buttler (24) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (34) hit 60 runs from the target unscathed, but their side went through a slump in the following overs while also losing 3 wickets in quick succession. It started with Buttler walking across his stumps to miss an angled full toss from Thakur, who knocked out the leg stump to pick up his first wicket.

Alakh Pandey, also known as Physics Wallah, took to his Instagram handle and shared a post on being invited to prestigious foreign universities as a speaker. In his post, he shared how he asked the Indian students studying in the premier institutions – Harvard University, Stanford University, and the University Of California – to return to their homeland. He urged those Indian students who cannot return should directly or indirectly contribute to India’s progress.

Physics Wallah wrote his caption in Hindi and shared a number of pictures showing him standing at different places. In his post, he wrote that he was invited to speak at Harvard University, Stanford University, and University Of California. Pandey said that he motivated the Indian students studying in these premier institutions to return to India to contribute to the country’s growth and development.

He said he knew that his country has many flaws. But, the youth should work towards making it better. The post was shared 21 hours ago and has gone viral with 306,512 likes till now which are only increasing. Large number of Instagram users and students commented on the viral post. One user Himanshu kumar shared the post and wrote heart emojis. One user Ayush Pandit ji wrote Jai Hind. One user Raunak asked if they should bow down in front of him. He added Alakh Pandey sir is the real king.

Another user said Alakh Pandey sir should convince people abroad to join Physics Wallah as well. Another Instagram user said Physics wallah is making India proud. Another social media user said Alakh sir is the best. One user said this is a very proud moment for Physics Wallah. One user said sir is looking like a superhero. Another Instagram user said Alakh sir is his idol.

Jonny Bairstow’s century helped Punjab Kings create history at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday as they chased down the highest total ever by an IPL side in the history of the competition against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Set to chase a total of 262 runs, Punjab Kings reached 262/2 in 18.4 overs, due of an unbeaten century from Jonny Bairstow. Bairstow hit an unbeaten knock of 108* runs off 48 balls. He was well supported by Shashank Singh (68*) who hit an unbeaten half-century. Prabhsimran Singh (54) also hit a half-century for Punjab Kings and Rilee Rossouw fell to Sunil Narine scoring 26 runs off 16 balls.

Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran initially won the toss and decided to bowl first. Ramandeep Singh remained unbeaten for Kolkata Knight Riders as Rinku Singh (5) and Venkatesh Iyer (39) lost their wickets in the final over to Harshal Patel. Earlier, Phil Salt hit a half-century along with his opening partner Sunil Narine also doing the same.

Narine hit 71 runs off 32 deliveries and lost his wicket to Rahul Chahar. Meanwhile, Salt departed after hitting 75 runs off 37 deliveries and ultimately lost his wicket to Sam Curran. Arshdeep Singh dismissed Shreyas Iyer (28) and Andre Russell (24) as Kolkata Knight Riders posted 261/6 in 20 overs. But the night belonged to Punjab Kings, who dominated the game in the 2nd innings and eventually sealed an 8-wicket victory.

A total of 523 runs were scored during the match and an all time IPL record of 42 sixes were also hit by the both teams. Both the record chases now have come against the Kolkata Knight Riders in a space of 10 days and at the same venue of Eden Gardens. It was on April 16, Kolkata Knight Riders had failed to defend 223/6 with Jos Buttler hitting a 55-ball ton to pull off the record breaking run chase.