IPL 2022
Aakash Chopra lauds Trent Boult’s all-round performance
By SMCS - May 16, 2022 4:00 pm
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Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has praised Trent Boult for giving an all-round match-winning performance for Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Sunday (May 15) against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). Boult first played a 17-run cameo off just nine balls and then returned with the figures of 2-18 in his four overs to help his side win by 24 runs.

Trent Boult
Trent Boult bowled a brilliant first over

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said: “First, Boult came to bat. No one scored a fifty for this team (RR) but still, you reached beyond 170, nearly 180, so someone or the other did a good job, a lot of them scored 30-40 runs. But Trent Boult’s knock, in the end, he loosened the nuts and bolts of the opposition team, he hit two or three boundaries in a very beautiful fashion.”

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He continued: “After that, when it came to the bowling, he cleans up two players, first Quinton de Kock and then Ayush Badoni. He was absolutely sensational, he was fielding like a star in the deep.”

Trent Boult
Trent Boult was subjected to a prank from his teammates

Trent Boult dismissed Quinton de Kock brilliantly caught by James Neesham at the point as well. He then trapped Ayush Badoni in front of the wickets off the very next delivery but he was denied a hat-trick by Deepak Hooda as well. However, he also applauded other Rajasthan Royals bowlers as well.

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“So Trent Boult was my match protector, who did everything – batting, bowling and fielding, what more will you get him to do, will you take the kid’s life. He was absolutely brilliant, I love him to bits. Chahal was slightly expensive but Ashwin economical, Boult economical – three wickets between the two of them. Obed McCoy had two wickets in his account and it was a convincing win in the end,” Aakash Chopra concluded.