Rajasthan Royals’ talented young contenders failed miserably in the ‘slow track test’ as Sunrisers Hyderabad’s unpredictable spin twins Abhishek Sharma and Shahbaz Ahmed sealed a 36-run win in Qualifier 2 and set up an IPL summit clash with Kolkata Knight Riders. Weaved a net for him. Riders in Chennai on Friday. The title clash will be played in Chennai on Sunday. Chasing a target of 176, Royals were restricted to 139 for 7, ensuring the third IPL final for SRH after 2016 and 2018.
On a slow track, which provided crucial turn and grip as the evening wore on and there was no dew to help the batsmen, Abhishek (2/24 in 4 overs) and Shahbaz (3/23 in 4 overs) bowled out Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson and Ryan Parags forced out. Pressing the unwanted ‘Harakiri button’ in 15 minutes of pure brain fade ended their hopes of a third final.
Their combined figures of 5 for 47 in 8 overs completely outclassed the famous duo of Ravichandran Ashwin (0/43 in 4 overs) and Yuzvendra Chahal (0/34 in 4 overs), who bowled their quota of overs. Gave 77 runs in.
That difference also eventually became the difference between the two sides.
From a comfortable position of 65 runs for 1 wicket in 7.4 overs, it suddenly became 79 runs for 5 wickets by the end of the 12th over.
Abhishek, who had bowled only three overs in 15 matches before this night, suddenly brought the ball to dip and turn, while Shahbaz’s balls took hold and found the back of Samson, who took an eternity to pull to cow corner. Were waiting till.
Jaiswal and Parag also could not get the distance as the ball stopped near them.
The humidity was around 80 per cent and hence the absence of dew made matters worse.
Dhruv Jurel (56 not out off 35 balls) tried his best, but save Jaiswal (42 off 21 balls), everyone else felt betrayed.
It must be mentioned that the highly rated Samson again failed to score on days when it mattered. Samson’s failure on the big days has been their biggest downfall and the Royals expected a better effort from their captain.
This became necessary as Sandeep Sharma, a master operator on sticky surfaces, used his skills to the maximum while restricting Hyderabad to a decent but manageable score of 175 for 9.
The Royals’ bowling could be divided into three distinct halves, despite Heinrich Klaasen’s half-century (50, 34b), which included four maximums.
Trent Boult (3/45) started the decline in the powerplay, Sandeep troubled the ‘Orange Army’ batsmen in the middle overs, while Avesh Khan (3/27) was as dangerous in the 2.0 death overs as he was throughout. Has been in the tournament.
But it was the clever Sandeep (2/25 in 4 overs) who accelerated his deliveries as the Sunrisers batsmen were literally ‘short third-maned’, with four batsmen attempting to dodge the fielders positioned at the edge of the 30-yard circle. Failed. ,
Chahal took three catches at this spot while Ashwin also took one catch at the same spot.
The problem that the SRH batsmen faced, including the in-form Travis Head (34 off 28 balls), was the lack of pace in the surface which became a hindrance when using it for a traditional T20 ramp scoop.
Abhishek (12) was imprudent early on when he played a shot too high off Boult and was out.
The ploy of using Ashwin (0/43 in 4 overs) with the new ball due to his familiarity with Chepauk did not work as Rahul Tripathi (37 runs in 15 balls) took the senior off-spinner out of the attack.
Just when he looked to be in control on the day when Head was unable to get his timing right, his poor shot selection when trying to hit Boult at short third proved to be his undoing.
Aiden Markram’s re-entry into the playing eleven was of no use as he was out at short third-man. However, with Klaasen out, SRH were making a comeback at 99 for 3 when Head had to bear the brunt of his carelessness to Sandeep.
Klaasen understood that the ball was not coming on the bat and only went for the balls that were in his arc as he scored one of his better half-centuries in difficult conditions, before a slower ball at the blockhole took the furniture. Shaken.
With Klaasen’s departure, the chances of reaching beyond 200 also ended.
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