By India Today Sports Desk: Rajasthan Royals fast-bowler Sandeep Sharma took a blinder of a catch to get rid of Mumbai Indians batter Suryakumar Yadav throughout the one thousandth match of the Indian Premier League. MI registered the very best chase on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai to beat RR by seven wickets.
With 61 runs wished off 27 balls, it appeared like Suryakumar would help MI cruise over the highway in direction of RR. The world primary T20I batter appeared in prime sort as he launched up his half-century in merely 24 deliveries and was smashing the RR bowling assault all over the place within the park.
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With Trent Boult on the alternative end, Suryakumar carried out his trademark ramp shot. It appeared similar to the ball would journey over the boundary and beat the fielder at transient excellent leg nevertheless there was twist throughout the story as Sharma lined a distance of 19 meters and put in an outstanding dive to take a mind-blowing catch to ship Suryakumar once more to the pavilion.
The RR bowler timed his dive to perfection and held on to the catch mid-air to help his aspect determine up their fourth wicket on the Wanhede Stadium. His effort meant that MI had been now at 152 for 4 in 15.4 overs and nonetheless had a mountain to climb in entrance of them and that too with out their most-set batter throughout the middle.
However, a Tim David masterclass with the bat made the responsibility at hand look puny. The hard-hitting Australia smashed an unbeaten 14-ball 45 to see his aspect over the highway. His innings observed him hit two boundaries and 5 sixes at a strike cost of 321.43.
David’s innings moreover helped MI register the very best worthwhile run-chase on the Wankhede Stadium, and took them as a lot as seventh place throughout the IPL 2023 components desk. They have now obtained 4 of their opening eight matches and are sandwiched between Royal Challengers Bangalore in sixth and Kolkata Knight Riders in eighth.
