India, April 23 -- Rajasthan Royals ended their two-game losing slide with a gutsy 40-run win over Lucknow Super Giants. Ravindra Jadeja's all-round performance was at the heart of a match which subjected LSG to a fourth consecutive loss, as the veteran Indian all-rounder begins to show his worth in his second stint with the RR franchise.

With a crucial 43* from a tricky position in the first innings to figures of 1/29 in the second, Jadeja's wicket of Nicholas Pooran was the moment that RR took the upper hand in the match while defending 160, and never relinquished it.

The out-of-form West Indian basher has struggled to find his power all tournament, losing the six-hitting ability that made him one of the scariest batters in the league...