Yashasvi and Shivam CSK lift RR over MI
Yashasvi and Shivam CSK lifted RR over MI, while a breathtaking opening stands of 77 runs in 5.2 Overs. Between Jaiswal and Evin Lewis helped keep Rajasthan Royals in the run for the playoffs. All before Ruturaj. T20 century sent off on a footnote.
Royals bounce back in seven overs :-
While the Super Kings scored 89 runs in their final six overs, the Royals bounced back with as many in their first seven overs. The comprehensive victory pushed them above Mumbai Indians on net run rate. The final match was done by Shivam Dubey. who remaining unbeaten on 64.
Rajasthan Royals stormed home with seven wickets and 15 balls in hand as the Super Kings, having already qualified for the tournament’s next stint, fell in their first defeat in the UAE post of IPL 2021, which took four matches. The broken was the winning method.
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Yashasvi hit four boundaries within the first two overs, which included dominating a bowler of Josh Hazlewood’s class by striking deep midwicket and performing a crunch in front of the cover fielders.
Evin Lewis joined the party in the next over with a six and four off Sam Curran’s first two balls. Fifty stood at the end of the fourth over – a forceful pull from Lewis over deep midwicket lifted that milestone.
Jaiswal then took Hazlewood for 22 in the fifth over, the first hit was a drawn six, the next a swat at long-on, then a four from the middle of the cover, and last, another one at mid-off. six.
The opening pair scored 77 runs in five overs :-
The final hit completed his fifty in 19 balls, the joint-second fastest for Rajasthan Royals in IPL history. The opening pair set the tone for their team by scoring 77 runs in five overs before they parted ways as Lewis found a fine leg.
Since landing in the UAE, Ruturaj Gaikwad has averaged 104 and has a strike rate of 148.57 in five innings. With 38 being his lowest score. He was largely satisfied by taking his time at the start before opening in the middle overs against the Royals.
He started the innings with two fours in the first over. The first was hit between Faf du Plessis and The stumps before he bowled a short delivery. And later beat the man off cover five balls, but after I slowed down. Powerplay, and there removed fielding barriers once.
At one point he was on 32, but as the Super Kings reached the second half of their innings, he started fast enough to finish on 101* from 60 in the end.
Reaching a 43-ball fifty, Gaikwad began the carnage in the 15th over by hitting Rahul Tewatia for back-to-back sixes – first at long-off and then straight on the screen.
In the next over, he hit Akash Singh for 4, 4, and 6 in a row, the second four being only a push through the line that still had found the long-off fence.
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Launched to deep midwicket for an over :-
Gaikwad completed his century on the final ball of the innings. When he launched Mustafizur Rahman to deep midwicket for six overs each. Before he had credited the same bowler to pattern the shot.
One of five players brought into the Royals’ side for the game against the Super Kings, Dubey grabbed the opportunity with an unbeaten 64 off 42 balls. Dubey started patiently.
Perhaps the commanding opening partnership gave him that write and scored just four runs in his first seven balls.
He greeted Ravindra Jadeja by hitting a six off the long-on boundary in the ninth over. And when the Super Kings introduced Moeen Ali in the next over, he continued to hit sixes off the offspinner.
Thereafter, two full tosses were awarding to Dubey by Sam Curran. He scored four runs ahead of diving Jadeja at long-on, the second he placed over the deep-midwicket fence.
He later used the width at Hazlewood’s spot and reached his maiden IPL fifty in 30 balls. Dubey finished with his highest score in the profile.