IPL 2023: Ishant Sharma’s experience overshadows Rahul Tewatia, Delhi gets thrilling win
Experience came in handy for Ishant
Rahul Tevitia hit 3 sixes in 3 consecutive balls against Enrich Nortje in the 19th over. 12 runs were needed in the last over. Hardik Pandya was supporting him. In such a situation, this goal seemed to be easily achieved. But Ishant Sharma had other plans. He didn’t even get a chance to play in the IPL last season.
Hardik Pandya took 2 runs against him on the first ball and one run on the second ball. Then came Rahul Tevitia on strike. Tewatia hit all three sixes in the leg side. In such a situation, Ishant threw him on the yorker length far outside the first ball off stump. It didn’t even hit Tewatia’s bat. Tewatia was expecting the next ball. He goes outside off stump but Ishant smashes the ball. Rahul Tewatia tried to play the shot but the ball hit the top of the bat and went into the hands of extra cover.
Rashid scored 3 runs in 2 balls
Ishant Sharma had Rashid Khan in front of him on the last two balls. He was able to score only 3 runs on this. In this way, Ishant Sharma gave only 6 runs in the last over and gave his team a victory by 5 runs. Delhi had scored 130 runs in the first play. This is the smallest target defended by Delhi in IPL history.