South African all-rounder Chris Morris turned the costliest participant within the historical past of the Indian Premier League (IPL) this 12 months when he was purchased by the Rajasthan Royals (RR) for a whopping Rs 16.5 crore within the public sale this 12 months. But new RR skipper Sanju Samson didn’t appear to have a lot religion in Morris’s skill to complete the sport towards Punjab Kings on Monday (April 12) evening.
With 5 have to win off 2 balls in a chase of 222, Samson who was batting on 119, refused a single to Morris which shocked everybody watching the sport. RR Director of Cricket and former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has reacted to the controversy.
Claiming that it was encouraging to see Samson believing in his talents, Sangakkara reckons the brand new RR skipper backed himself to do the job and practically pulled it off.
“I think Sanju backed himself to get the job done and he nearly did. He was five or six yards short of hitting the last ball for a six and sometimes when you know you’re hitting the ball well and you’re in form and you believe that you can do it, you’ve got to take that responsibility. And it was really encouraging to see Sanju do that,” Sangakkara stated on the post-match press convention.
Man-of-the-match Samson hit a breathtaking 63-ball 119. He got here in when the Royals had been in hassle in a mammoth 222-run chase. The Royals had misplaced two wickets when Samson walked in. He took his time initially because the facet was in hassle after which he shifted gears and took on the bowling to get RR perilously near profitable it.
In the top, it was one hit that separated the 2 sides within the last-over thriller. But was it the correct name to disclaim Morris the single. Morris is a big-hitter himself and will have gotten the six. Quite a bit could be debated however the backside line is Punjab beat Rajasthan by 4 runs to get their marketing campaign off to a profitable begin.
