After sealing a three-run win for his aspect in a single different last-ball thriller of the IPL 2023, Rajasthan Royals pacer Sandeep Sharma acknowledged it’s ‘confidence boosting’ to bowl in opposition to MS Dhoni and win a match.
During the submit match interaction, Sharma, with teammate and spinner Yuzvendra Chahal decoded each ball of the ultimate over and revealed his plans in opposition to the CSK batters.
Self-belief is important when bowling to any individual like MS Dhoni and Sharma moreover spoke about how he backed himself inside the closing over. This was even after he bowled two wides and conceded two sixes initially of the last word over.
“It’s confidence boosting to bowl against him (MS Dhoni) and win a match,” acknowledged Sandeep.
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“The wicket was slow, our spinners had done well so I thought I’ll try a slower bouncer and it went for a wide so there weren’t many options available,” Sandeep knowledgeable when requested about his plan for the first ball.
“I tried a yorker for the next ball and again it was a wide ball. I backed myself and bowled a heel yorker to the larger side. Two balls were sent away for two sixes and then I realised I should change the angle on the next ball. So for the next ball, I tried to change the length and the angle and it worked for me,” he added.
On the fourth ball, Dhoni hit a single, and on the penultimate ball of the game, Ravindra Jadeja hit a run as properly, giving Dhoni the strike.
Speaking about it, the 29-year outdated revealed, “For the last ball, I backed myself for a yorker. I was bowling good yorkers in the nets so I thought to shut down the over with a yorker.”
CSK needed 5 runs off the last word ball to win the game. And, Sandeep bowled a toe-crushing yorker to Dhoni, who could solely deal with to take one run on it.
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“Today, in the evening when you were in bed for a massage, I told you if you feel any pressure, take time, just breathe longer and then deliver,” added RR fast bowling coach Lasith Malinga when requested by Chahal to speak on Sharma’s bowling inside the closing over.
To which, the pacer jokingly acknowledged, “Actually sir I won’t praise you on your face but I have been working with him on yorkers and it’s coming nicely.”
“I feel the first ball which Mahi bhai hit for a six, if it wasn’t him it was a very tough ball to hit so I feel I executed nicely. It’s always nice to end up on the right side,” he concluded.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) shall be subsequent in movement as soon as they lock horns with Gujarat Titans (GT) on Sunday (April 16).
