Miller took advantage of life donation
Taking advantage of the lifeline David Miller got on six runs, he hit three fours and two sixes in his 30-ball innings. Gill hit four fours and a six in his 34-ball innings. Pandya scored 28 runs in 19 balls with the help of three fours and a six. In the last over, Abhinav Manohar justified his selection in the team by hitting 27 runs in 13 balls with the help of three sixes. He shared a 22-ball 45-run partnership with Miller for the fifth wicket.
After winning the toss and opting to bowl against last season’s finalists, Boult got Rajasthan Royals off to a flying start by dismissing Wriddhiman Saha (four runs) in the first over itself. Sai Sudarshan (20 runs) was run out due to a mistake with Gill. In the seventh over, Hardik increased the run pace by hitting sixes and fours against Zampa in consecutive balls. Chahal sent Hardik to the pavilion in the 11th over of the innings by trapping him in his spin.
After breaking the partnership of Hardik and Gill, the Rajasthan bowlers put a curb on the run rate. Meanwhile, Zampa dropped a simple catch of Miller on his own ball in the 13th over. Sandeep ended Gill’s brilliant innings by getting caught by Butler. While Miller hit a six against Chahal in the 17th over, Abhinav Manohar increased the run rate with two consecutive sixes against Boult in the 18th over. He sent Zampa’s delivery to the visitors in the 19th over but was dismissed in the next ball trying to hit another. Sandeep showed the way to the pavilion after taking two fours from Miller in the last over. The team added 52 runs in the last four overs. Sandeep Sharma once again impressed, taking two wickets for 25 runs in four overs. Trent Boult, Adam Zampa and Yuzvendra Chahal got one success each.
Bad start for Rajasthan
The start of Rajasthan Royals was very poor. Yashasvi Jaiswal while Jos Buttler was sent to the pavilion without opening the account. When Riyan Parag was dismissed for the fourth wicket in the 11th over, Rajasthan’s score was 55 for 4. But after this captain Sanju Samson started beating the bowlers. In the last 8 overs, Rajasthan needed 112 runs to win.
In the 13th over, Sanju Samson hit 3 sixes in 3 consecutive balls against Rashid Khan. He completed his fifty off 29 balls. But after scoring 60 runs in 32 balls, he became the victim of debutant Noor Ahmed. After this Shimron Hetmyer took the responsibility. Rajasthan batsmen scored 20 runs against Alzarri Joseph in the 16th over. 13 runs were scored against Rashid Khan in the 18th over. In the 19th over, Shami took two wickets but also gave away 16 runs. Hetmyer gave victory to his team by hitting a six on the second ball of the last over. Hetmyer scored an unbeaten 56 off 26 balls with the help of 2 fours and 5 sixes. Dhruv Jurel scored 18 off 10 balls while Ashwin scored 10 off 3 balls.