Oftentimes, support staff in dugouts have been seen expressing immense joy whenever bowlers provide breakthrough wickets, which can be game-changers in the later stage of the innings. Punjab Kings (PBKS) pacer, Kagiso Rabada produced the crucial wicket of the Gujarat Titans (GT) all-rounder, Rahul Tewatia on Tuesday, which resulted in witnessing a happy Jonty Rhodes at the PBKS dugout.
Since the beginning of the game, Punjab Kings (PBKS) were dominating over the table-toppers Gujarat Titans (GT) in Match 48 of IPL 2022 at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai. They were reeling at 107/4 at the end of 16 overs after Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bat, and soon after, the situation went from bad to worse.
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GT had hoped to finish things in style, with Rahul Tewatia still in the middle. But Kagiso Rabada, after coming to attack in the 17th over, left no rrom for a late flourish from the southpaw. He bowled a good length delivery angling across, and Tewatia tried to go into the short leg side. But the all-rounder only managed to get a top edge before Sandeep Sharma claimed it at short third man.
PBKS fielding coach Jonty Rhodes enjoyed the dismissal. He was seen jumping at the dugout, and was pointed out like it was a pre-planned for Tewatia.
Here is the video of the dismissal:
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Pradeep Sangwan, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami
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Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma
Here’s how Twitter reacted after Jonty Rhodes’ jump:
Rahul Tewatia was already upset after Gujarat Titans decided to bat first and not chase. #IPL
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) May 3, 2022
Tewatia wants pressure, he delivers only when team is in crazy pressure. Alpha.
— arfan (@Im__Arfan) May 3, 2022
https://twitter.com/iamak365/status/1521513666599813120?s=20&t=3dxb5_WTGe0AAmAh4qQ-wA
https://twitter.com/ffslakshya/status/1521513617014677504?s=20&t=fXZkxPPurDPvXTqJOXYtmw
https://twitter.com/ffslakshya/status/1521513617014677504?s=20&t=OHACEhVWFrfxRv17ap7Nbw
https://twitter.com/onfieldumpire/status/1521513422206111744?s=20&t=GmQWVFJtYaSjtazy2Ya_Sg
Marco Jansen watching his SA team mate take wickets of Tewatia and Khan on consecutive balls pic.twitter.com/hsy9qbKIri
— Camlin (@SundarHive) May 3, 2022
Rahul Tewatia realized today that not every black bowler isn't from West Indies. #GTvsPBKS #Rabada #IPL2022
— Parminder (@parmindr0001) May 3, 2022