Pacer Avesh Khan defended nine runs in the final over as Lucknow Super Giants edged out Rajasthan Royals by two runs in a last-ball IPL thriller here on Saturday.

Chasing 181, RR rode on opener Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 72 and IPL’s youngest debutant, 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s 20-ball 34, but could manage only 178-5 in the allotted 20 overs. Avesh finished with figures of 3-37. At just 14 years and 23 days, Suryavanshi was the darling of the crowd the moment he walked alongside Jaiswal to open the RR innings.