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Rajasthan Royals (RR) lost their match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by four wickets in a thrilling last-ball match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday, May 7.
This came after RR pacer Sandeep Sharma failed to defend 17 runs in the last over. He nearly won the game for the Royals, but then bowled a no-ball on the final delivery when SRH required four off the last ball. Abdul Samad held his nerve to hit a six to finish off the last ball to claim one of the most exciting victories of IPL 2023.
This came up with the publication of RR 214/2. Jos Butler smashed 95 off 59 balls at a stroke rate of 161.02, including four sixes and 10 boundaries. Sanju Samson also made 66 from 38 deliveries, including five maximums and four boundaries. Yashasvi Jaiswal also took 35 from 18 overs. For SRH, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Marco Jansen took single wickets.
Chasing 215, Abhishek Sharma (55 out of 34) and Anmolpreet Singh (33 out of 25) gave SRH a perfect start. Rahul Tripathi (47 out of 29) and Heinrich Klassen (26 out of 12) kept SRH in the catch. Glenn Phillips (25 of 70 and Abdul Samad (17 of 7) produced a late match-winner for Hyderabad.
Yuzvendra Chahal emerged as the bowlers choice for RR, returning with figures of 4/29. Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldip Yadav took one wicket each.
Fans pinned RR and Sandeep Sharma for losing the match from the final submission. One user tweeted:
“When life gives you a chance to be an incomplete player in the IPL. Be Abdul Samad, not Ryan Barrage.”
Here are some of the other best reactions on Twitter:
Sanju Samson supports Sandeep Sharma but regrets the lack of foul ball
Sanju Samson said he supported Sandeep Sharma in the final match after his heroics against Chennai Super Kings (CSK). However, he looked frustrated at not using the ball as a right-arm batsman failed to make it in the end.
Speaking at the post-match show, Samson said:
“I was confident with Sandeep (defending the final). We won a match from a similar situation (against CSK). He did it again today, but this ball spoiled our result. Sandeep knows what to do.”
He completed:
“Maybe a little change of mindset for a few seconds when you feel like mission accomplished. Everyone was celebrating, but I think that’s the nature of this game. You can’t step on the line at that time. With the goal we posted, you can’t feel You can only be happy once you win the game right. I’m not happy at all right now.”
RR will now look to get back into winning ways against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday, May 11th.
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