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Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) all-rounder Rahul Tewatia brought back memories of the Sharjah night while playing against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Dub🐭ai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Tewatia played a blistering knock of 45 runs from 28 deliveries with 4 fours and two sixes to help his team defeat Sunrisers by five wickets.
During the RR’s chase when the Steve Smith-led side needed 36 off three overs, Tewatia smashed SRH spinner, Rashid Khan, for three back-to-back boundaries to accelerate the run-flow. However, after three consecutive boundaries, Tewatia tried to play a cut shot and got an under-edge onto wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow’s pad.
The ball after hitting the keepers pads deflected onto the stumps. But in a strange turn of events, the zing b📖ail lit up and then fell back into its original ﷽position. Since the bails were not dislodged completely, Tewatia remained alive on the crease.
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Reacting to the incident, former India international Aakash Chopra tweeted that once the bails light up, it should be considered as st♎umps-broken.
“If the bails lights up…it should be considered stumps-broken. That’s it. #IPL2020 #SRHvRR” wrote Chopra on the micro-blogging website.
If the bails lights up…it should be considered stumps-broken. That’s it.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
According to the ICC, Law 29.1.1 clearly states the meaning of a dismissal. It says: “The wicket is put down if a bail is completely removed from the top of the stumps, or a stump is struck out of the ground.”
“Knew I could pull it off”: Tewatia on the epic chase
After thrilling won over SRH, Tewatia spoke about the clarity concerning his role🉐 in the team. The southpaw remarked that he has been batting well for a while and, therefore, had that confident in himself to take his side over the line.
“This was the role given to me, and it was clear from a long time. I was batting well for a while, and I was confident and was hitting them well when we played practice games. So it’s easy when you know your role. The wickets were falling so I just wanted to hold one end up and wait for the boundary balls,” the 27-year-old said.
Tewatia revealed that he had the self-belief to win the game against SRH. The all-rounder articulated how he told Riyan Parag that they could win the contest even if RR required 50 off th꧅e last four overs.
“I knew if I keep my self-belief and take it deep, I could pull it off. I told Riyan that the wicket was playing slow and the deeper we take it, the better our chances, even if we needed 50 off the last 4 because we have the shots,” he added.
