Chennai: 17 matches have been completed in IPL. Rajasthan Royals are first with three wins from four matches and Lucknow Supergiants are second on the difference of run rate only. Delhi Capitals are in the 10th position without any wins from four matches. Despite the setbacks, it has been made clear that Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad are not ready to give up with a win.
As the rivalry between the teams increases, so does the excitement of the fans and their tension. If we take this week’s matches alone, we haven’t been able to finish a single match without holding our breath. When Rinku Singh became the hero in the KKR-Gujarat Titans clash, it turned out to be one of the best Twenty20 matches in history. Rinku hit five consecutive sixes for KKR who needed 29 runs in the last over.
Rinku snatched victory from Gujarat Titans in Rashid Khan’s hat-trick. The next day when RCB and Lucknow met, the cricketing world witnessed the most dramatic final over in the history of IPL. Lucknow Supergiants needed five runs to win when Harshal Patel came to bowl the 20th over. Mark Wood and Jaydev Unadkat were at the crease.
Unadkat takes a single off the first ball yorker. Mark Wood was bowled when the next ball was a slow low fullt. With Ravi Bishnoi getting a double off the third ball, two runs were enough for a draw and one to win. Bishnoi took a single off the fourth ball to level the scores for both the teams. The drama extended to the last ball when Unadcutt was dismissed by a flying catch by Du Plessis at long-on on the fifth ball.
One run to win for Lucknow with 1 wicket in hand. Harshal Patel tried to run out Bishnoi, who left the crease when he was regarding to bowl the last ball, but the umpire did not allow a wicket. With this the last ball had to be thrown once more. Athush Khan was not excited to bat this ball. But Chitush and Bishnoi ran for the bye run to win. Lucknow won by one wicket when wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik’s throw for a runout did not hit the stumps.
The next day, when Mumbai Indians and Delhi Captains clashed, the game went to the last over. Both the teams put up a forgettable fight for the first victory. Anrich Norjya really made Mumbai drink water, who only needed five runs. On the last ball, Tim David dived and scored two runs to give Mumbai the win. The last ball of the last over also decided the winner of the Chennai-Rajasthan clash.
In the last over bowled by Sandeep Sharma, Chennai needed 21 runs to win and Dhoni hit two sixes to add to the excitement. Sandeep Sharma’s yorker had no answer for the Chennai skipper when five runs were needed off the last ball. Regardless, fans are excited. Fans ask what more is needed to say that IPL is the number one cricket league in the world.
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