IPL 2022: GT and RR compete in final on Sunday evening© BCCI/IPL
“Forever The First Royal”, this is the slogan Rajasthan Royals have used throughout the ongoing IPL 2022 to pay their tribute to the late Australian spinner Shane Warne. The cricket legend had passed away in Thailand in March this year following a suspected heart attack. Warne had led Rajasthan Royals to IPL glory during its inaugural season in 2008 and for the first time since then, the franchise has made it to the IPL final and will face Gujarat Titans in the top match on Sunday.
Rajasthan Royals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in Qualifier 2 on Friday to set up the final against Gujarat Titans at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
After Friday’s win, both Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson talked about how the squad wants to bring the title to Rajasthan for Warne.
In a video on the IPL website, Buttler first speaks to Samson and says: “How do you feel, clearly incredibly sad this year. One of the first Royals Shane Warne won’t be here but his legacy lives on in the Royals, not true?”
To this Samson replies: “Absolutely, I think the tournament has been for him from the start. I think we have to take one more step for him, I think it’s really special. I don’t want to talk much about it,, but we are just one step closer. We want to do something special for him.”
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Jos Buttler had broken an unbeaten century to bring RR across the line with seven wickets and 11 balls left against RCB in Qualifier 2 on Friday.
When asked about his animated celebration after registering his fourth ton of the season, Buttler said, “I was really excited to play in this stadium today with 100,000 people in the stadium. The atmosphere was great, I just think that I had two years of playing in empty stadiums, this is what IPL is all about, I felt a lot of excitement, I had no control over it.”
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