Injured Sanju Samson to miss Rajasthan Royals’ IPL 2025 match against RCB

Rajasthan Royals will miss the services of their skipper, Sanju Samson, for the Indian Premier League 2025 match on Thursday against Royal Challengers Bengaluru when the team travel for their away game at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
“Sanju Samson will not be travelling with the Rajasthan Royals squad for their upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Thursday, as he is still recovering from the injury he suffered against Delhi Capitals last week,” announced the team.
Samson was also ruled out of Rajasthan’s game against Lucknow Super Giants in Jaipur on Saturday after he had sustained an abdominal injury while batting against Delhi Capitals in the game before that.
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The wicket keeper batter had to retire hurt in the match. He was batting on 31 before he had to go back. Rajasthan failed to chase down nine runs from last over against Mitchell Starc and managed only eight as the match went to a Super Over, where DC came out as victors.
The same luck followed Rajasthan in the match against LSG where they failed to chase nine off the last six balls, yet again. It was Avesh Khan who saved nine off the last over where in both cases, Dhruv Jurel and Shimron Hetmyer were at the receiving end.
“The Rajasthan Royals captain is currently undergoing recovery and will remain at the team’s home base in Jaipur with select RR medical staff. He hasn’t been included in the squad for RCB due to his ongoing rehab process,” said Rajasthan.
“The team management is monitoring his progress closely and will take a game–game approach regarding his return to action,” the release added.Story continues below this ad
Vice-captain Riyan Parag led the Royals in Samson’s absence against LSG.
With just two wins and six losses, a struggling Rajasthan find themselves in eighth place with four points. While their rival for Thursday’s game, RCB, are comfortably sitting in third with five wins from eight games.