Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are locking horns with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Match 10 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. On Friday, after deciding to bat first, SRH’s Rahul Tripathi was spot on with his DRS call as it helped rookie teammate Anmolpreet Singh to stay at the crease a bit longer when he was about to walk off.
Earlier in the game, the SRH skipper, Aiden Markram decided to bat first on a dry pitch. SRH surprised one and all when they replaced talented all-rounder Abhishek Sharma with Anmolpreet Singh. However, the latter hit three fours and one six in his well-made 26-ball 31 before Krunal Pandya trapped him leg-before to end the stay.
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If Rahul Tripathi had not influenced him for a DRS, Anmolpreet had every intention of walking back to the pavilion a bit early. The incident took place on the third ball of the sixth over, bowled by young Yash Thakur, that was pitched at the good length delivery that nipped back in.
Anmolpreet, who made an attempt of playing the pull shot, was beaten by the lack of pace before the ball went on to hit his pad. Soon after the appeal, the on-field umpire wasted no time in raising his finger, and Anmolpreet, after watching his position, was not confident to challenge the decision either.
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However, Rahul Tripathi came to him to have a chat quickly and convinced him to challenge the decision. While Tripathi seemed so confident, Anmolpreet, while taking DRS, seemed hopeless. Then the replay showed the ball would have gone over the wickets by a decent amount of margin, resulting in the umpire overturning the decision.
Here is the video of the incident:
https://twitter.com/HardikSwag10143/status/1644351540621201410?s=20
Twitterati did not take much time to praise Tripathi’s courage to influence Anmolpreet for the decision, which albeit the latter failed to take with both hands to convert into a substantial score.
Thank you Rahul Tripathi for going for the review
— O'Range FIRE 🔥 Idhi (@Sunrisers_Hyd) April 7, 2023
Tripathi Convinced him to take a review…it's successful
— A K N (@im_akn1) April 7, 2023
Credit for tripathi
He pushed for review— MrA 🏹 (@prince_abhimani) April 7, 2023
