22 off 6: Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewatia’s six hitting take GT throughout the road

Synopsis: Rashid Khan’s three sixes in 4 balls stole a last-ball win for GT over SRH after Umran Malik’s 5 had ripped via their line-up

Rashid Khan endured his costliest spell of the season towards his former franchise, dropped a catch and misjudged one other likelihood. But with Gujarat Titans requiring 15 off the final 4 balls towards Sunrisers Hyderabad in a chase of 196, he smoked three sixes off Marco Jansen to steal a last-ball five-wicket win.

WHAT. A. GAME! 👌👌

WHAT. A. FINISH! 👍👍

We witnessed an absolute thriller on the Wankhede and it is the @gujarat_titans who edged out #SRH to seal a last-ball win! 🙌 🙌

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Tewatia, Rashid at it once more

With 56 wanted off the final 4, Umran Malik’s spell of 4-0-25-5 had all however shocked and surprised Sunrisers into submission. But Tewatia appears to thrive in such conditions. He wasn’t letting the asking-rate run uncontrolled. A loft over mid-off, a swipe over midwicket, an enormous slog-sweep or two, he produced the boundary when GT desperately wanted it.

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Still, as many as 22 have been required off the final over to be bowled by Marco Jansen. Tewatia swung a six however solely a single subsequent meant it was right down to Rashid. The area modified now; level was despatched again, third man was introduced up. Rashid guessed accurately, it was going to be full and large and he slaughtered it excessive and over the sightscreen. Jansen went full and large once more, and Rashid sliced it with all his would possibly over additional cowl now.

Jansen banged it into the pitch at Rashid. The Afghan veteran swivelled and swung it over high quality leg in the direction of an ecstatic Garware Pavilion, and raised his arms in celebration and likewise redemption.

Saha units it up

Wriddhiman Saha has been within the information for off-field controversies, however right here he was an unlikely candidate to get the GT chase off with a glowing 68 off 38 on the prime of the order. It was typical Saha, and it was efficient. There have been the swipe-whips over sq. leg, the skip-and-chip over mid-on and mid-off, and after some time, the gaps have been being sniffed out with environment friendly regularity. Until he turned Umran’s third sufferer with a close to 153 kph missile, Saha had saved GT’s nostril in entrance.

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Abhishek flattens Rashid

In these sides’ first conflict this season at DY Patil Stadium, Shami had saved Abhishek quiet within the powerplay with some extent and a shortish backward level subsequent to him. The similar area was in place straight away at Wankhede too for the younger left-hander, and Shami left him groping with two away-seaming peaches from again of a size. But Abhishek prospered towards the fuller lengths of Yash Dayal, and later Alzarri Joseph. Even because the left-arm seamer Dayal discovered some late swing away from him, Abhishek had it coated together with his stride and despatched it over cowl with the sweetest of lofted drives. The 21-year previous Punjab all-rounder doesn’t actually have an influence recreation, not less than but, however when he instances it, it’s value watching.

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At DY Patil, Abhishek had fallen to Rashid Khan; he’d tried to tug however the ball had hurried on and he’d discovered deep midwicket. On the smaller boundaries at Wankhede, he was ready to tackle Rashid extra aggressively. He slog-swept the leg-spinner for 3 sixes when he noticed some flight, and when Rashid bowled a flatter googly, he slapped him over additional cowl for 4. He was slogging with the flip, after all, however the Afghan is tough to select; he’d tossed one up in GT’s earlier recreation at DY Patil inviting Venkatesh Iyer to slog-sweep, nevertheless it was a unsuitable ‘un, and the Kolkata Knight Riders left-hander had did not clear deep midwicket.

But Abhishek comfortably cleared the Wankhede boundary, handing his former team-mate his costliest figures of the season – 0/45 – the primary time in eight video games that Rashid had conceded greater than 30.

It was an off-colour recreation within the area too for Rashid. He’d already put down Rahul Tripathi at backward level and now misjudged a pull from Aiden Markram. He ran in first from deep midwicket after which realised the ball had extra distance on it; had he remained in place, it will doubtless have been a simple likelihood. But it ended up going for six.

Abhishek and Aiden Markram placed on 96 for the third wicket in ten overs, and at 140 for two after 15, Sunrisers have been nicely in sight of 200. GT’s on-pace choices had price them a lot all evening, however they took some tempo off on the dying. That put the brakes on Sunrisers, who misplaced 4 wickets in three overs for less than 22 runs.

Shashank stuns Lockie

Playing his sixth recreation of the season however batting for the primary time, Shashank Singh received Sunrisers near 200 with three sixes off the final three balls of the innings. The 30-year-old allrounder now performs for Chhattisgarh however started his profession for Mumbai. He dispatched Lockie Ferguson to a few completely different elements of the Wankhede – a heave over deep midwicket, a lap over brief high quality leg and a mow that simply cleared a leaping long-off. Sunrisers have been together with him forward of their retained hitter Abdul Samad, and with a nerveless 25 off 6, Shashank gave a glimpse of the explanation. But Rashid could be prepared with three blows of his personal as payback.