first set the trap
In fact, till the powerplay, Lucknow were in a good position at the loss of one wicket for 54 runs. Captain Nitish Rana handed over the responsibility of the seventh over to Vaibhav Arora, who had already bowled two overs. After taking a single off the first two balls, Quinton Dickock handed the strike to Prerak Mankad. The wicket that Kolkata was looking for was achieved here, Mankad got out in the process of playing the cut shot by making room. New batsman Marcus Stoinis was welcomed by Vaibhav Arora with a brilliant bouncer. Going deep into the crease, he tried to block Stoinis, but the ball fell on the helmet after touching the gloves. But it was just a trap as the next ball was also bowled on the same line, which Stoinis was not expecting at all.
then the fish got stuck
Stoinis comes to play another short ball bowled on the same line and length. Stoinis was completely dodged by this bouncer. He went to defend with the backfoot, but the ball hit the gloves and went in the air towards short third man, from where an easy catch was created and Venkatesh Iyer made no mistake in catching it. For KKR, it was a game-changing over, in which only one run and two big wickets came. Lucknow’s score becomes 55/3. Vaibhav Arora took two wickets for 30 runs in his quota of four overs.
Who is Vaibhav Arora?
Coming from Himachal Pradesh, this pacer was given the first chance in the year 2021 by Kolkata Knight Riders. It was only after joining KKR for a base price of Rs 20 lakh that he took a hat-trick in his ODI debut (Vijay Hazare Trophy). Without making his debut, Vaibhav was bought and fed by Punjab Kings for Rs 2 crore in the mega auction. But Vaibhav returned home in the mini auction. This time the bidding was limited to the base price of 60 lakhs only.