The match between the Mumbai Indians and the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League 2020 turned out to be a damp squib but the netizens found enough moments to turn an otherwise dull contest into an interesting day. Twitter had a field day as various moments caught the eyeballs of cricket fans and social media uses.
It was the Indian U-19 star Kartik Tyagi who caught the attention of cricket experts with his pace and accuracy. Resemblances of his action with Brett Lee impressed none other than Ben Stokes whom the Royals missed dearly in their failed chase against a strong Mumbai bowling. Stokes likened Tyagi’s bowling to a mixture of Ishant Sharma in delivery stride and Lee while running.
As the Mumbai Indians started to lose momentum in the idle overs, the Suryakumar Yadav everyone was waiting to see in this season finally arrived for the men in blue. He played some audacious shots and although the brilliance of Jofra Archer tried to shun him, he showed exemplary courage and grit to bring out a reverse ramp against Archer after being hit on the badge of his helmet off a knuckleball from the Royals’ pacer.
After Suryakumar Yadav’s excellent show with the bat, it was Bumrah’s turn to own the show tonight and the leader of the Mumbai Indians bowling attack started with a big wicket of Steve Smith and formed a formidable pair of bowling with Trent Boult to leave Royals reeling at 10/3 at some stage. Mumbai’s bowlers have been on top of the mark in the season but Jasprit Bumrah was not looking at his usual best but the night against Royals he put all his off days to rest.
Just when the Royals were trying to resurrect their chase with Mahipal Lomror and Buttler looking to steady the ship, a sub fielder Anukul Roy ran backwards to pluck a beauty of a catch to see the back of Lomror at the worst possible time for the men in pink. Mumbai was clinical in all departments and that blinder of catch by Roy was just icing on the cake for the men in blue.
One of the oldest scripts in the history of the IPL has been Kieron Pollard’s special fielding at the boundary, plucking catches that seemed impossible for other players. The Indian Premier League is now 13-year-old but Pollard’s enthusiasm and athleticism have not gone down one bit and he showed it again on the night against Royals when he caught the deadly Jos Buttler at the long-on boundary when all were looking for the ball somewhere outside the rope.
Powered by Froala Editor
Powered by Froala Editor