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Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) in a nail-biting thriller by three wicket♒s at 𓆏Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Chasing a paltry target of 148, the Royals had a worst possible start as they lost their five wickets for just 42 runs. First, Chris Woakes sent both the openers Jos Buttler (2) and Manan Vohra (9) cheaply, then Avesh Khan and Kagiso Rabada removed Sanju Samson (4), Shivam Dube (2) and Riyan Parag (2).
After the consecutive blows, RR finisher David Miller and all-rounder Rahul Tewatia steadied the ship by adding a crucial stand of 48-runs for the sixth 🐈wicket. As the duo was looking to cruise through, Rabada provided the breakthroughඣ by removing Tewatia (19).
The Royals still had some hopes as Miller was alive at the other end, but after smashing Avesh for back-to-back sixes in the 16th over, the Proteas was caught at long-on while trying to whack an꧒other maximum.
As things were going out of hands for the 2008 IPL winners, all-rounder Chris Morris rose to the occasio𓄧n and completely chang♏ed the course of the match. The South African slammed an unbeaten 36 off 18 balls featuring 4 sixes to get his team over the finish line.
Earlier, RR pacer Jaydev Unadkat send shockwaves to the DC batting unit, destroying their top-order inside the powerplay. The left-armer picked up three wickets in his quota of 4 overs while conceding only 15 runs. Unadkat dismissed Prithvi Shaw (2), Shikhar Dhawan (9), and Ajinkya Rahane (8).
After the top-order failure, DC skipper Rishabh Pant took responsibility in his hands and led the team from the front. The power-hitter scored a much-needed half-century to help his side reach a competitive total. Pant smashed 51 from 32 deliveries🍰 packed with nine boundaries.
Apart from Pant, Lalit Yadav (20), Tom Curran (21), and Woakes (15) made valuable contribution in the lower order to propelꦅ Capitals to 147/8.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
No🍸 worries when there is Morris.. Congratulations
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
Wow, Chris Morris. Such clean hitting.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Pic 1 last match – Paisa mila par izzat nahi mili
Pic 2 today – Isse kehte hain Izzat.
Izzat bhi , Paisa bhi – Well done Chris Morris— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Big price tag big balls well done
— Nick Compton (@thecompdog)
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पैसा वसूल 🥳🥳
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Just staying awake to watch Rishabh Pa💝nt hit boundaries 😎
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
Cricket for you. Lost it in the last over the other night and toꦅnight came back from a losing position and winning it. Without Stokes this🅠 is a huge win for them. Well played
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
Aur yeh solah crore wasool
— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima)
🇿🇦🔥
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
Morrris justified his 16 Crore
South Africans Miller and Morris ha🎶nded thrilling win for RRDC & Ponting stunned
— Abdul Ghaffar 🇵🇰 (@GhaffarDawnNews)
Captains knock that
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Mo🎃rri🍒s in auction next year and RCB would pay 18 cr to get him back.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)
Well played DAVID MILLER 🔥👍
— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta)
The turning point was the pen♏ultimate over. Ve🥂ry few would have expected Rabada to go for many.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
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Chris Morris wins it for RR.
Scorecard:— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Jaydev Unadkat now has 3 wickets, excellent slower delivery to♕ Ajinkya Rahane. What a sp♊ell by him.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
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Jaydev Unadkat to everyone rn:— Nishant Sharma (@srcsmic_enginer)