Rajasthan Royals (RR) misplaced their recreation towards Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 4 wickets in a last-ball thriller on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday, Could 7.
This got here after RR pacer Sandeep Sharma didn’t defend 17 runs within the final over. He had nearly received the sport for the Royals however then bowled a no-ball off the final word supply when SRH required a 4 off the final ball. Abdul Samad held his nerves to hit a six to complete off the final ball to provide one of the thrilling victories of IPL 2023.
That got here whilst RR posted 214/2. Jos Buttler smashed 95 off 59 balls at a strike charge of 161.02, together with 4 sixes and 10 boundaries. Sanju Samson additionally hit 66 off 38 deliveries, together with 5 maximums and 4 boundaries. Yashasvi Jaiswal too chipped in with 35 off 18. For SRH, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Marco Jansen took solitary wickets.
Chasing 215, Abhishek Sharma (55 off 34) and Anmolpreet Singh (33 off 25) gave an ideal begin to SRH. Rahul Tripathi (47 off 29) and Heinrich Klassen (26 off 12) saved SRH within the hunt. Glenn Phillips (25 off 70 and Abdul Samad (17 off 7) then present a late flourish to win the sport for Hyderabad.
Yuzvendra Chahal emerged because the choose of the bowlers for RR, returning with figures of 4/29. Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldip Yadav took one wicket apiece.
Followers trolled RR and Sandeep Sharma for dropping the sport off the ultimate supply. One person tweeted:
“When life provides you a chance to be an uncapped participant within the IPL. Be Abdul Samad, not Riyan Parag.”
Listed below are a number of the different finest Twitter reactions:
Sanju Samson backs Sandeep Sharma however laments no ball error
Sanju Samson stated that he backed Sandeep Sharma to bowl the ultimate over following his heroics towards Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK). He, nevertheless, sounded disenchanted with the no-ball because the right-arm pacer didn’t execute it in the long run.
Talking within the post-match present, Samson stated:
“I used to be assured with Sandeep (defending the ultimate over). He has received us a recreation from the same scenario (towards CSK). He did it once more in the present day, however that no-ball ruined our outcome. Sandeep is aware of what to do.”
He continued:
“Possibly there may be a small change in mindset for a number of seconds once you really feel that the job is completed. Everybody was celebrating, however I believe that is the character of this recreation. You possibly can’t step the road at that time of time. With the goal we posted, you possibly can solely really feel comfortable when you win the sport proper. In no way comfortable in the mean time.”
RR will now look to return to successful methods towards Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday, Could 11.
