Sanju samson record as captain: In the 18th match of IPL 2025 (IPL 2025), Rajasthan Royals (Rajasthan Royals) defeated Punjab Kings (Punjab Kings) by 50 runs in the match played in Mullanpur on Saturday to register their second consecutive win in the season. With this victory, Sanju Samson created history as captain. Samson broke a large record of Shane Warne. Samson has become the most successful captain of Rajasthan in IPL history. Sanju Samson has become the captain who won the most matches for Rajasthan. By doing this, Samson has left behind the former great veteran Warne. Under Samson’s captaincy, Rajasthan has won the 32nd match, while under the captaincy of Shane Warne, Rajasthan Royals won 31 matches in the IPL. Warne captained 55 matches for Rajasthan.

Captain who won the most as the captain of Rajasthan in IPL

32* – Sanju Samson (62 matches)
31 – Shane Warne (55 matches)
18 – Rahul Dravid (34 matches)
15 – Steve Smith (27 matches)
9 – Ajinkya Rahane (24 matches)

Talking about the match, after losing the toss, batting first, Rajasthan scored a strong score of 205 runs at the loss of four wickets in 20 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal’s brilliant innings strengthened Rajasthan, he gave the team a good basis by scoring 67 runs in 45 balls. Apart from this, Sanju Samson further increased the score of the team by scoring 38 runs in 26 balls and Ryan Parag scored an unbeaten 43 in 25 balls. In the last, Dhruv Jurlel helped Punjab reach 200 runs by scoring 13 runs in just 5 balls.

Chasing the target of 206 runs by Rajasthan, Punjab Kings team scored 155 runs at the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs and Rajasthan won by 50 runs. For Punjab, Nihal Vadhera scored 62 runs off 41 balls with the help of four fours and three sixes.