With Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Shimron Heymyer, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal and R Ashwin in their ranks, Rajasthan Royals really should not have been struggling to find a place in the IPL playoffs. But as it stands out after their 14 league matches, they need massive favours from other teams to qualify.

Samson said after RR beat PBKS by four wickets –

“We have a quality team and it is a little shocking to see where we stand on the table,” Samson was “shocked to see” RR stand in fifth position in the points table.

Samson further said – “I think at the end of the game, when Hety (Hetmyer) was going strong we thought we will finish by 18.5 overs (RR had to finish the run-chase in 18.3 overs to overtake RCB in terms of net run rate). I have been talking about (Yashasvi) Jasiwal almost every game.”

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Samson further added –

“He has shown maturity. It feels like he has played 100 T20Is. Almost 90 per cent of the time we feel Boult will take a wicket in the first over. We were under pressure in the last few games.”