Riyan Parag made a daring name to present Sandeep Sharma the essential final over of the edge-of-the-seat Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 conflict between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) on the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday, March 30.
After opting to bowl first, CSK pulled issues again properly in direction of the top of the primary innings after Rajasthan Royals amassed 129/3 of their first 12 overs. The final eight overs yielded simply 53 runs for the house facet. Nitish Rana stood out for the Royals as he amassed 81 off simply 36 deliveries. Parag additionally contributed with a 28-ball 37. Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, and Matheesha Pathirana bagged two wickets apiece for CSK.
Ruturaj Gaikwad held the CSK innings collectively, at the same time as Rajasthan saved choosing wickets from the opposite finish. The fitting-handed batter departed for 63 off 44 balls, falling prey to Wanindu Hasaranga, who completed with glorious figures of 4/35 on the night time.
MS Dhoni promoted himelf to No. 7 within the batting order, with the Males in Yellow needing 54 runs to win off the final 25 balls. The 43-year-old solid a partnership with Ravindra Jadeja as CSK followers had their tails up. Within the final two overs, CSK wanted 39 runs for the win.
Parag had one over left for every of his three pacers – Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, and Sandeep Sharma. As an alternative of going for Archer and Sandeep, who’re extra skilled bowlers on the dying, Parag handed the ball to Deshpande. The Mumbai pacer conceded three boundaries within the over, with Dhoni hitting a 4 and a six.
With 20 runs wanted within the final over, and when Archer, who conceded simply 13 runs in his first three overs and in addition picked up the wicket of the damaging Rachin Ravindra, had an over left, Parag opted to present the ball to Sandeep. The skilled pacer began with a large however bounced again strongly to dismiss Dhoni off the subsequent ball. Shimron Hetmyer took an outstanding catch at deep mid-wicket to ship Dhoni packing.
Why Riyan Parag gave twentieth over to Sandeep Sharma?
There isn’t any doubt about Sandeep’s acumen as a bowler within the dying overs. He can nail the yorkers and in addition change his tempo to bamboozle the batters. Nonetheless, he additionally has the expertise of closing out matches with Dhoni within the opposition.
It’s attention-grabbing to notice that Sandeep had defended 21 runs within the final over towards CSK in IPL 2023 in Dhoni’s two hundredth IPL recreation.
In the meantime, Parag defined his emotions after choosing up his first win within the IPL as a captain. He additionally talked about the explanation why he opted to not bowl Archer on the dying.
“(On how he feels after his first win as captain) Took numerous time, simply two video games, however felt actually lengthy. We nonetheless assume we have been 20 brief. We misplaced a few wickets shortly (within the center overs). However we bowled very well. We’ve got had two robust video games, however the chat was to overlook these video games, include a contemporary mindset and have recreation collectively,” Parag mentioned after the match.
“(On Archer not bowling out) Simply assessing the scenario, fortunately had seven choices. Went with the intestine feeling. Fielding at all times makes up for the runs we have been brief. We’re working so much with Dishant Yagnik, our fielding coach, and it’s paying off,” he added.
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