With 12 vital off the closing two balls, Tewatia blasted two sixes at the Brabourne Stadium to seal a six-wicket select for the Gujarat Titans against Punjab Kings.
Rahul Tewatia (left) with MS Dhoni (unswerving) (Source: Twitter)
Rahul Tewatia rescued Gujarat Titans as he smashed two sixes on the closing two balls of the match off Odean Smith as GT defeated Punjab Kings by six wickets in a thrilling stumble upon within the IPL 2022 at the Brabourne Stadium on Friday.
From 21 of 9 deliveries to 18 off the closing five deliveries to be bowled by Smith, Tewatia and David Miller brought it to 13 off three balls when Miller scrambled for a single, leaving Tewatia the unenviable process of hitting two sixes off the closing two deliveries of the match and select it for Gujarat Titans, who successfully chased a target of 190.
The 28-year-extinct seasoned campaigner who has played for Kings XI Punjab, the old avatar of Punjab Kings, and Delhi Capitals within the IPL obliged brilliantly, carting Smith just over the deep midwicket, with the fielder nearly catching him sooner than falling over the rope, after which slog sweeps the closing shipping over the long-on boundary to seal a memorable victory for Gujarat Titans.
Particularly, Tewatia has now change into most efficient the fourth batter after MS Dhoni, Dwayne Bravo, and KS Bharat to gain an IPL match with a six off the closing ball when 5 – 6 runs were required.
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Interestingly, Dhoni, while taking part in for Rising Pune Supergiant in IPL 2016 Dhoni, had smashed two sixes when 12 runs were required off the closing two balls against Kings XI Punjab’s (Now Punjab Kings). Axar Patel was once bowing the closing over then.
Talking about PBKS vs GT, Chasing a target of 190, Gujarat regarded cruising to victory with opener Shubman Gill and skipper Hardik Pandya main the fee. But both got off at doubtlessly the most detrimental time — Gill just four attempting his century and Pandya bustle out off the principle ball of the closing over. It regarded look after the match had slipped out of their palms sooner than Tewatia intervened so brilliantly.
Gujarat will must thank opener Shubman Gill (96 – 59b, 11×4, 1×6) for striking them in a neighborhood the place they’d maybe even jog Punjab Kings’ 189/9 reached due to a 27-ball 64 by Liam Livingstone, who struck his second successive half-century.
