New Delhi. South African pacer Anrich Nortje’s days are not going well. Not even a week has passed since this cricketer lost the central contract and he faced a nightmare in the IPL too. Delhi Capitals star pacer Enrique Norcia could not play the first match of IPL 2024 due to injury. He did appear in the second match but Riyan Parag overshadowed the joy of his return.
Enrique Norcia has been with Delhi Capitals since 2020 and has been among the matchwinners of the team. But the day of March 28 did not prove to be good for him at all. On this day in IPL 2024, there was a match between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals. Rajasthan Royals, who came to bat first, scored 160 runs for 5 wickets in 19 overs. Anrich Nortje brought the 20th over of the innings. Delhi captain Rishabh Pant had great faith in Norkia and gave him the 20th over, but it was not the African pacer’s day.
358 runs were scored in the RR vs DC match, but the last over was heavy on Delhi, ninth consecutive win for the host team.
Riyan Parag sent 5 consecutive balls of Enrique Norcia across the boundary in the 20th over of the innings. He hit a four on the first two balls and a six on the third. After this, he hit a four on the fourth ball and a six on the fifth ball. He scored one run on the last ball of the over. In this way, 25 runs were scored in the last over of Enrique Norcia.
Cricket lovers know that Rajasthan Royals had given a target of 186 runs to Delhi Capitals to win. In response, Delhi team could score only 173 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. There was a difference of only 12 runs in this match between the teams of Rajasthan and Delhi. There is no doubt that if Norkia had not scored 25 runs in the last over, the result might have been different.
Indian cricketer got angry on the board, said- I don’t want to play for you, give NOC, I will play for another team…
Let us tell you that Cricket South Africa has issued the central contract a few days ago. Enrique Norcia has been left out of the contract list. However, the reason for this is not just performance. According to the Cricket Board, Norkia was injured since September 2023. He has returned to the field only in March 2024. Norkia wants to focus on T20 cricket for the next few months. He will be available for ODIs in the last months of the year.
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Tags: Anrich Nortje, Delhi Capitals, IPL 2024, Riyan Parag
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 29, 2024, 06:13 IST