Rajasthan Royals speedster Trent Boult achieved a really special 100 throughout his workforce’s Qualifier 2 in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Boult continued his love-affair with the first-over wickets as he snared one other one within the opening over by eradicating Abhishek Sharma.
The left-arm speedster continued his good present and scalped a few extra wickets within the powerplay. These scalps now see Boult attaining a special milestone. The Kiwi star has now grow to be solely the third bowler in T20 cricket’s historical past to take 100-plus wickets within the powerplay. Boult had 98 wickets to his identify earlier than the SRH vs RR conflict.
Boult joins India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar and England’s David Willey on the elite list of gamers with over 100 wickets within the format.
Most wickets in powerplay in T20 cricket:
1 – David Willey: 128 wickets
2 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 118 wickets
3 – Trent Boult: 101 wickets
4 – Mohammad Amir: 98 wickets
5 – Shaheen Shah Afridi: 86 wickets
Boult’s three wickets have been essential for RR jolting SRH early within the innings. Boult first eliminated Abhishek on a size ball that bounced greater than anticipated because the batter miscued his shot to backward level. He then eliminated Rahul Tripathi with a slower ball earlier than getting Aiden Markram within the fifth over.
He bowled three overs within the powerplay and one at dying. Boult was a bit costly as he ended his day with the figures of three/45. The Sunrisers posted a robust complete of 175/9 with a solitary half-century from Heinrich Klaasen. Rahul Tripathi performed cameo of 37 from 15 balls however that got here earlier than he was dismissed within the powerplay. RR bowlers pulled issues properly and didn’t let SRH go wherever close to 200.
SRH’s Playing XI:
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan
RR’s Playing XI:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal
