IPL 2021: WATCH – Riyan Parag does a Kedar Jadhav in RR vs PBKS thriller

Rajasthan Royals’ all-rounder Riyan Parag earned one of his career’s biggest wickets when he dismissed Punjab Kings’ power-hitter Chris Gayle in the fourth match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. However, more than the wi𒁏cket, Parag’s experimental delivery grabbed the maximum eyebal♎ls.

It all happened in the 10th over of PBKS innings when Sanju Samson gave Parag the opportunity to show his bowling skills in the Monday night fixture at Wankhede. On the third ball of the over, the Guwa✃hati-lad went round the stumps to deceive ‘Sixer King’ Gayle. He bowled a side-arm delivery, which s🤡urprised the batsman, including the commentators on-air.

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Sanju Samson’s heroics goes in vain

In the match, Samson, who was captaining the Royals for the first time, won the toss and asked Kings to bat first. The decision favoured the Mohali-based franchise as PBKS ended up posting a massive 221/6 on the scoreboard in their allotted 20 overs.

KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda completely dominated the proceedings after scoring 91 and 64, respectively, to make sure PBKS crossed the 200-run mark. Gayle, who was outdone by Parag in🍌 the game, made a valuable co🤪ntribution of 40 runs.

In reply, the 20💜08 IPL winners send shockwaves to Punjab’s unit as the game went to the wire. Skipper Sanju played a breathtaking knock and almost pulled off a spectacular win for his side. The Kerala batsman scored 119 from 63 deliveries featuri꧟ng 12 fours and seven humungous sixes.

The wicket-keeper strokemaker batted till the last over when the Royals needed five to get over the line on the final ball. However, in an attempt to score the maximum, Sanju got caught out in the deep cover, and Punjab won the contest by a mere 4-run margin.