Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) is locking horns with Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the last league match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In the first innings, one moment came when SRH batter, Rahul Tripathi got out to a poor ball which was bowled by left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar.
SRH stand-in skipper Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the toss and decided to bat first against the Punjab Kings. While SRH made a couple of changes to their squad as Romario Shepherd and J Suchith came in for Kane Williamson and T Natarajan, PBKS made three changes as Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Rahul Chahar, and Rishi Dhawan were replaced by Nathan Ellis, Shahrukh Khan, and Prerak Mankad.
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SRH’s regular skipper Kane Williamson has gone back home for the birth of his second child and because of this, Priyam Garg came out to open the batting with Abhishek Sharma to open the innings. However, the batter failed to impress as he was dismissed for just 4 runs by Kagiso Rabada. SRH’s man-in-form Rahul Tripathi walked out to bat at number three and he was struggling to time the ball.
Rahul Tripathi had smashed a few boundaries and also rotating the strike well with Abhishek Sharma. However, Harpreet Brar who was bowling the third ball of the eighth over to Rahul Tripathi fired one down leg-side and he tried to smash the ball over fine-leg for a boundary.
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However, Rahul Tripathi failed to get the elevation right and found Shikhar Dhawan who was standing at short fine leg inside the circle and took an easy catch. Rahul Tripathi was furious with himself as he walked back to the dugout.
Here is the video of the dismissal:
Here is how the Internet reacted:
In the last three balls Tripathi scored 2, 0 and got out. Not a great outcome for him. But he was never short of Intent in those three balls, one of the exciting things about him. Tried to take on the SLA, Brar.
— Ash (@TheCricketArk) May 22, 2022
U can see the frustration in rahul tripathi eyes after getting out , he also feels low after not getting selected for indian team , dont worry @rahultripathi brother we are with you …. #rahultripathi
— Rahul Arora (@Rahulwinner17) May 22, 2022
The denial of Indian callup must've been playing on his mind – Rahul Tripathi looked completely out of sort today
— Naseer (@BeingYuvNaseer) May 22, 2022
What wrong did Tripathi did Lord ? 😢
Out on a rubbish ball and did not get selected for the Indian team— Abhishek (@Abhi_Kohli123) May 22, 2022
