Delhi Capital defeated Rajasthan Royals in the first super over of IPL-18. Rajasthan scored 11 runs first. KL Rahul and Triston Stubs from Delhi scored 13 off 4 balls against Sandeep Sharma.
Earlier, Delhi had scored 188 runs at Arun Jaitley Stadium, losing 5 wickets. In reply, Rajasthan's team was able to score only 188 runs by losing 4 wickets. Nitish Rana and Yashwashi Jaiswal scored a fifty.
Interesting moments were seen on Wednesday. Nitish Rana's catch was released from Triston Stubs. Karun Nair was out of Sandeep Sharma's throw. Sanju Samson retired after being injured. Mohit Sharma left Jaiswal's catch on the boundary. Ashutosh gave life to Samson.
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1. Nair Sandeep run out
Sandeep Sharma dismissed Karun for zero.
Sandeep Sharma runs Karun Nair in the third over and gave Rajasthan a second wicket. On the first ball of the over, Sandeep took a round the wicket and threw a length ball towards off stump, which Porel tried to pull, but the inside edge fell on his thigh and went to the point.
Karun died for the first run but Porel refused to strike end. Karun Nair had reached half the crease. Sandeep grabbed the ball and threw it on a non-striker end. Here Nair was out on a zero score. He scored 89 runs in the last match.
The compassionate dive would have survived the run out.
2. Porel's bat took the edge, did not appeal to Rajasthan
Porel played 49 runs.
Abhishek Porel was dismissed for 49. On the last ball of the 13th over, Archer threw a short ball who was heading to the off stump. Porel left behind and tried to play the ramp shot, but the ball passed by adjacent to his bat. It was clear in the replay that the bat was a little, but Rajasthan Royals did not appeal. However, in the second over, Hasranga caught her at the hands of Ryan Pollen.
3. Missed the catch of pollen stubs
Ryan missed the catch of Pollen Triston Stubs on the last ball of the 16th over. Hasranga threw full length ball, playing a high shot towards Stubs Long-on. Ryan pollen ran to the right, dive and tried to catch the ball with both hands, but the ball was released after his hand.
4. Thixana left the last ball catch
Triston Stubs was given a lifetime by Mahish Thickens.
Mahish Thisma gave another life to Triston Stubs. Stubs tried to pull on a slow, short and wide ball, but the top edge went into the air. This was one of the easiest catches for Thickens, the ball came down to it but he could not catch him.
5. Samson's catch from Ashutosh
Samson got a life of 20 runs.
Sanju Samson got a lifetime on the fifth ball of the fifth over. Mohit Sharma throws a short of length ball. Here the fielder Ashutosh left the catch. Samson tried to hit the ball over the boundary and the ball was very high. The fielder came down to catch him, but he did not even look frozen for a moment. Ashutosh could not touch the ball here.
6. Samson retired Hurt
Samson suffered from the left side of his body.
Sanju Samson was injured while trying to play a shot on the third ball of the fifth over. Samson tries to cut on the ball of the corporation but also misses. Here he had pain in the left side of the side strain. The physio in Rajasthan came to the field and examined it.
Samson recovered and ready to play again. He played a shot in front of the fourth ball of the over, but returned to the pavilion. After scoring 31 runs, Sanju retired.
Then Sanju heading to the pavilion.
7. Mohit left the catch on the boundary
Mohit could not even catch the dive.
On the third ball of the 11th over, Mohit Sharma fielded a brilliant field on the boundary, but missed the catch. Kuldeep's short and leg stump ball bridge the yashwashi Jaiswal. The ball goes to Deep Backward Square Leg. Here Mohit Sharma fielded a loud field. He ran back, jumped, and stopped the ball in the air with his right hand, leaving 5 runs. But he missed the catch. Jaiswal was at 46 at this time.
8. Nitish Rana's catch from stubs
Nitish Rana's catch on 20 runs. He scored 51 runs.
Triston Stubs Nitish Rana missed the catch on the first ball of the 15th over. The letter threw a length ball out of the stump. Rana goes to the backfoot and pulls a flat. The ball went straight to the long-on, where the stubs were present. He died near the boundary, but the ball touched his fingers and crossed the boundary. Here Captain Akshar Patel looked angry because the catch could have been taken.
9. Jurell rescued himself from taking DRS
The pole survived by taking the DRS on the fifth ball of the 16th over. Kuldeep Yadav threw a googly ball that jumped at the off stump and moved inward. Here, Jurell tried to play the sweep shot, but he missed and the ball played in his back leg. Ultraage shows that there was no contact with the bat, but the ball-tracking clearly shows that the ball was going out of-stump. Eventually the umpire changed the decision and declared Jureel a knockout.
Facts
- This is the fourth time in the history of IPL when a bowler threw 11 balls in one over. Sandeep Sharma achieved the feat in the 20th over against Delhi Capitals in Delhi yesterday. This unwanted record first made Mohammad Siraj in 2023 against the Mumbai Indians in Bengaluru in the 19th over. After this, Tushar Deshpande threw 11 balls in the fourth over against Lucknow Super Giants in Chennai that same year. This year, Shardul Thakur threw the 13th over of 11 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders in Kolkata.
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