Why is T20 cricket so popular? The perfect answer to this question was found in the IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals. As the excitement spread, the margin of victory fell several times on both sides. In the end, Rajasthan could not cope with Hyderabad. Pat Cummins’ team won by 1 run.
Rovman Powell took Rajasthan Royals very close to victory. Need 2 runs off the last ball to win. But Powell could not. Bhuvneshwar gave Sunrisers Hyderabad an incredible victory by returning him. Batting first in the match, Hyderabad lost 3 wickets and scored 201 runs. In reply, Rajasthan’s innings stopped at 200 after losing 7 wickets.
Rajasthan lost Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson in the first over to chase the target at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday (May 2). Bhuvneshwar returned both. Jasswi Jaiswal and Rian Parag gave the team a good pair in the third wicket to handle this blow. The two made a partnership of 134 runs off 78 balls.
Jaiswal departed with 67 off 40 balls. Parag scored 77 runs off 49 balls. After that, the match started. Rajasthan needed 27 runs in the last 3 overs. In T20 cricket, which is Dalbhat. Shimran Hetmyer reduced the equation to 21 off 17 balls by blasting Thangarasu Natarajan for a six off the first ball of the 18th over.
In that over, only 1 run from the next five balls actually sealed the match. Hetmyer also got out. 20 needed in the last 2 overs. Pacer Pat Cummins gave 7 runs in the 19th over. Dhruv Jurel took the wicket. 13 runs needed in the last over. Ashwin takes a run off the first ball of Bhuvneshwar, Powell gets a strike. He took 6 runs off the next two balls to bring the equation down to 6 off 3 balls.
I want to say last 2. Bhuvneshwar fouls the ball, Powell incredibly misses the bat, the ball hits his pads. The umpire pointed his finger at the LBW appeal. The Hyderabad camp erupted in jubilation. Although the batsman took the review, it did not help.
Earlier, after opener Travis Head’s 44-ball 58, Nitish Kumar’s 42-ball 76 and Heinrich Klaassen’s 19-ball 42, Hyderabad got big capital in two unbeaten innings. Bhuvneshwar is the best of the match with 3 wickets in the beginning and the end bowling.