Aakash Chopra on SRH’s dramatic victory over RR. After Sandeep Sharma overstepped during the game’s final ball, SRH triumphed on the extra ball.
Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan Royals by four wickets in Match No. 52 of the IPL 2023 on Sunday night at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The Royals scored 214/2 in 20 overs, led by Jos Buttler’s 95 (59b, 10×4, 4×6) and skipper Sanju Samson’s 66 (38b, 4×4, 5×6). SRH’s batters remained focused, with opener Abhishek Sharma scoring 55 runs (34b, 5×4, 2×6).
Ultimately, the game came down to a last-ball drama in which Abdul Samad blasted a six off medium pacer Sandeep Sharma to give his team the victory. In the losing effort, spinner Yuzvendra Chahal tied Dwayne Bravo’s IPL record of 183 wickets, finishing with scores of 4/29.
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The match had the third-highest target ever successfully chased down in IPL history.
SRH scored 43 runs in the final two overs, with Kuldeep Yadav conceding 24 runs in the 19th over, 22 of which were hit by Glenn Phillips, who slammed three consecutive sixes and a boundary.
“We discussed how one decision can be the difference between winning and losing,” JioCinema IPL analyst Aakash Chopra said of giving Kuldeep Yadav the ball in the 19th over. Who bowled the nineteenth over? Sandeep Sharma or Obed McCoy should have done it if they had to. Kuldeep Yadav could have bowled; I’m not saying he can’t be better or that he’s ordinary, but he shouldn’t have bowled this over.”
“They got that catch and thought it was over, but this is a game of margins, and you lost to the margins when you overstepped,” Chopra said of Sandeep Sharma’s last over no-ball. If you go too far, you must face the consequences.”
Brett Lee, another JioCinema IPL expert, enjoyed the competition. “What exactly is going on in this IPL?” I truly cannot believe it. This has been an incredible conclusion. It’s been a tremendous weekend of cricket, and tonight’s game has been fantastic. With that many runs in those balls, I thought there was no possibility.”
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