IPL 2020
IPL 2020: Rahul Tewatia Guides RR To A Record Win Against KXIP
By CricShots - Sep 28, 2020 12:14 am
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In the third match of Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, Rahul Tewatia gave the testimony of his brilliant hitting skills as he smashed 5 sixes off Sheldon Cotrell in the 18th over of the chase when RR was requiring 51 runs off last three overs. Eventually, the Royals won the match by four wickets and as many balls to spare.

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Sanju Samson score another match-winning fifty

Earlier, RR skipper, Steve Smith had won the toss and decided to bowl first citing the heavy dew factor in the second innings. RR had made a couple. changes in their squad as David Miller, Yashawi Jaiswal, made way for Ankit Rajpoot and Jos Buttler. However, KXOp went unchanged after a thrashing win over CSK.

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While chasing a daunting target of 224 runs, with the pitch offering nothing to the bowlers and the dimensions of the ground being smaller in size, Nicholas Pooran did his side a big favor in the clash when he saved a brilliant six on the boundary line with his outstanding effort. Rajasthan Royals came out all guns blazing after KXIP smashed as many as 223 for 2 in their allotted 20 overs.

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KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal made a record opening partnership of 183 runs

In the first innings, Mayank Agarwal had amassed 106 in just 50 balls as he made a huge partnership of 183 runs with fellow opener KL Rahul (69 off 54 balls) to guide Punjab to the huge total. But the big total did not stop the Royals from going for the from the very first ball. Despite losing Jos Buttler cheaply, Steve Smith and Sanju Samson took the attack to the opposition.

WATCH – Rahul Tewatia Smashed 5 Sixes To Sheldon Cottrell

At the end of the powerplay, the Royals reached a score of 69 for the loss of 1 wicket. Even after the end of the fielding restrictions, both the batsmen kept playing the big shots as Royals crossed the 100-run by the end of 9th over. However, after the dismissal of Smith in the 9th over, all eyes were on Sanju Samson who played a brilliant knock of 85 off 42 balls, but eventually was dismissed by Mohammed Shami in the 17th over when the Royals were requiring 63 runs, and Tetwatia was playing 17 off 21 balls.

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Rahul Tewatia smashed huge sixes off Sheldon Cotrell

Cottrell came out to ball the 18th over and Tewatia smashed him for six on each and every deliver batting penultimate one. While all the sixes went towards the leg-side, only one six went over long-off and the equation came down to RR needing 21 off the last two overs. In the penultimate over of Shami, RR scored 19 runs with the help of three sixes (two Archer and one from Tewatia). However, Tewatia got out on the final ball, but the Royal chased down the total with three balls to spare while needing two runs in the final over.

Match Summary:

Rajasthan Royals – 226/6 in 19.3 overs (S Samson: 85, R Tewatia: 53; S Shami: 3/53) defeated Kings XI Punjab – 223/2 in 20 overs (M Agarwal: 106, KL Rahul: 69; A Rajpoot: 1/39) by 4 wickets and three balls to spare

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