Bhuvneshwar Kumar loved the second in limelight on Thursday (May 2) as he saved his cool within the final over to assist Sunrisers Hyderabad win the thriller towards Rajasthan Royals. With two runs wanted off the ultimate ball and Rovman Powell on strike, the Royals have been certainly the favourites to get two factors and even tie the sport however actually, an SRH win was out of the query. But Bhuvneshwar, arugably having fun with his finest day in IPL 2024, delivered an excellent supply to lure Powell in entrance of the stumps.
The well-directed full toss missed Powell’s bat solely for the ball to hit the again pad and the umpire obliged to the attraction elevating his finger. Bhuvi ended the match with the figures of three/41 and likewise received the participant of the match award for his glorious spell selecting key wickets upfront. After the match, the pacer opened up about his pondering within the final over revealing that he by no means thought in regards to the consequence.
“I told everyone process is a very important thing. I was virtually thoughtless; I was not thinking about the result. I was just trying to do what I can do,” he mentioned after the sport. “I knew if I could bowl just two good balls, and if it went to the last ball, I knew anything could happen. It was a full toss, I know, and he missed it,” Bhuvneshwar mentioned.
He is just not having fun with the most effective of seasons with the ball having gone wicketless in 5 out of 10 matches. But as quickly because the ball swung, Bhuvi was again at his finest towards the Royals. He nipped out Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson within the very first over. The ball castling the latter was a magnificence and the Royals’ chase was derailed early. “It was the first match the ball swung so much. I can’t really pinpoint where the ball swung last, but the way it swing I really enjoyed it. When it swings, you are always on top of the game, you try to take wickets and luckily, I got wickets,” SRH’s opening bowler added.
