#3 Ben Stokes’ record ton:
Another impressive batting performance came from the bat of Ben Stokes at Abu Dhabi. While chasing a huge target of 195 runs against defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI), Stokes demonstrated some confidence strokeplay to steer his team to the victory as he was unbeaten at 107* off just 60 deliveries to grab two vital points for Royals.
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Stokes samshed hit 14 fours and 3 sixes as he didn’t spare any of the MI bowlers. He was well assisted by Sanju Samson’s half-century as the duo kept RR’s playoffs dream alive with an emphatic eight-wicket victory. Stokes had joined the tournament late as he was with his ailing father in New Zealand. Following his match-winning century, he said that the knock will give happiness to his family in ‘difficult’ times.
For you ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Qx5C1heFZt
— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) October 26, 2020
#4 Suryakumar Yadav vs Virat Kohli (MI vs RCB)
Yadav played the unbeaten knock of 79 to help his side chase down 165 with five balls remaining. RCB bowlers had no answer to his batting and when nothing was working out their skipper Virat Kohli decided to take the matter into his own hands. During the 13th over of the match, Kohli was seen walking up to Suryakumar and saying something while shining the ball. However, the latter didn’t lose his cool and displayed remarkable maturity by just walking away from the RCB skipper.
Here is a clip of the incident:
https://twitter.com/ROxSSR45/status/1321495694230740998?s=20
#5 Dinesh Karthik catch (KKR vs RR)
The flying catch of the former Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper, Dinesh Karthik helped KKR to register an edge over Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 54th match of the ongoing 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as it resulted in the prized wicket of Ben Stokes.
On the first delivery of the third over by Pat Cummins, Stokes went for a huge slog a good length delivery from Pat Cummins saw him walking back to the pavilion after scoring 18 (11) with the help of two fours and a six. With the ball flying off Stokes’ outside edge, it went towards the left of Karthik. Having initially moved towards his eight, the veteran KKR wicket-keeper batsman did exceedingly well to complete the catch and become a source of amazement for one and all
Here is the video of the flying catch of Dinesh Karthik:
