Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra has come out heavily on Sanju Samson and Lokesh Rahul for being responsible for the slow over-rates for their respective teams. Aakash was of the opinion that both these captains should be fined for their team’s slow over-rates.
Chopra took to Twitter and shared his views on the slow over rates in the game. He tweeted that though the game between RR and PBKS had lots of sixes, the over-rate was seen as just ten runs an over. Recently, MS Dhoni was also levied with a hefty fine for slow over-rate in his side’s first game against DC.
10 overs per hour. For both sides. Yes…lots of sixes. Tight game too. But 2 hours to finish a T20 innings is unacceptable. MSD was fined the other night….expecting the same for both captains tonight. #IPL2021 #RRvPBKS
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 12, 2021
Meanwhile, the game between Rajasthan and Punjab was filled with adventures as over 400 runs were scored in the game. Punjab after having lost the toss were put into batting first. Though they lost Mayank Aggarwal early, they eventually fired from all cylinders with Chris Gayle and Lokesh Rahul hitting glorious shots all over the ground.
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Deepak Hooda also came to the party as he scored a quickfire fifty and helped the Punjab team post a commanding total. In reply, Rajasthan fall short of the target by just four runs despite a resounding ton from Sanju Samson.
After the match, Lokesh Rahul and Sanju Samson seemed very content with the performance of their respective teams. Punjab franchise have come up with different name and logo and are hoping for a change in their fortunes. They changed their name from Kings XI Punjab to Punjab Kings this year hoping to end their title drought since the inception of this cricket extravaganza.
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Rajasthan Royals though are also looking a very solid side this season as they would also be hoping for a title victory as they have been eluded of the title trophy since winning it in the inaugural edition in 2008.
