Rajasthan Royals (RR) opener Evin Lewis became the first wicket for George Garton in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Wednesday in Dubai. A lot of credit for Lewis’ dismissal goes to the wicketkeeper KS Bharat, who took a difficult catch. On the first ball of the 12th over of RR’s innings, Evin Lewis mistimed a pull to a slower short delivery from the left-arm fast bowler.

The ball took the top edge of Lewis’ bat and went high, swirling up in the air; KS Bharat called early to got for the catch and managed to hold onto it to complete a good catch, giving RCB the wicket of the half-centurion. George Garton, the Englishman who had replaced Kyle Jamieson in the playing XI, was taken to the cleaners by Evin Lewis during powerplay overs, but then managed to have the last laugh over the Caribbean opener.

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After being put in to bat first, RR openers Evin Lewis and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave the team a brilliant start with both left-handers clattering fours and sixes around the ground. Evin Lewis was the main reason behind giving a brilliant start to RR as he hammered 3 fours and 3 sixes which took RR to 56/0 at the end of the powerplay.

Here is the video of the dismissal:

M43: RR vs RCB – Evin Lewis Wicket https://t.co/iMizDpBFFs

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Jaiswal (31 off 22) then took over the mantle as he amassed a couple of fours and a maximum off Daniel Christian, before the bowler dismissed him. On the other end, Lewis brought up his fifty in just 31 balls.

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Sanju Samson joined in the fun with his first six off Yuzvendra Chahal to bring up RR’s 100 at the 11-over mark. George Garton, the debutant, managed to bring back RCB in the game by dismissing Evin Lewis (58 off 37), before and Chahal accounted for Mahipal Lomror as RCB make a comeback in the game. At the time of writing, RR is 113/3 at the 13-over mark.