Gujarat Titans all-rounder Rahul Tewatia has a behavior to clinching victories from the jaws of defeat and he virtually pulled out one other miracle on Tuesday night time. Tewatia hammered a hattrick of sixes off Delhi Capitals pacer Anrich Nortje to virtually pull off a sensational win in an IPL 2023 match on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday night time.
Needing an unlikely 33 runs to win within the final two overs, chasing 131 to win, Tewatia smashed the final three deliveries off the penultimate over from Nortje for sixes because the Titans garnered 21 runs from the over. The GT all-rounder lowered the goal to 12 runs off the ultimate over.
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However, it was the expertise of Ishant Sharma which had the ultimate say within the match as he had Tewatia caught at additional cowl with the fourth supply of the ultimate over for 20 off 7 balls to finish Titans hopes. DC managed to defend the goal and notched up solely their third win of IPL 2023, knocking off the defending champions and table-toppers GT by 5 runs.
Tewatia is not any stranger to hitting match-turning sixes. In IPL 2020, the all-rounder shot into fame for Rajasthan Royals, hammering 5 sixes off Punjab Kings pacer Sheldon Cottrell to win the sport for his facet.
In IPL 2022, with GT needing 12 to win off the final two balls towards the Punjab Kings, Tewatia hammered two successive sixes to win an unlikely win with Odean Smith the bowler paying the worth. DC bowler Ishant Sharma later revealed how he managed to outfox Tewatia within the closing over.
“I’ve played enough cricket with him so I was just having fun with him. I knew he was going to know what my short ball is, so I knew I had to double bluff him. Otherwise I knew he was the type of batsman who can finish the game for Gujarat. So I was double bluffing him and bowling the balls,” Ishant Sharma mentioned on the post-match presentation.
DC skipper David Warner admitted that he was nervous with Tewatia batting within the center. “I was nervous there when Tewatia was going off. He’s renowned for that, he always hits the ball nice and clean towards the back end. Our best death bowler at the end has been Anrich. I passed the ball to him. Ishant was so clear with what he wanted to execute and he was able to do that,” Warner mentioned.
