3) Dwayne Smith’s special knock
Be it as an opener or as a middle-order batsman, the West Indian has done a great job in this IPL thus far. Having so many openers in the team meant that one of them had to play somewhere else, and it was Smith who sacrificed his most favourite position for the team.
Not that it was a bad decision, however, as for the second game running, he made a tremendous impact with the bat while batting at number 5.
At a time when the top order failed to make any sort of impact whatsoever, he scored 73 in just 41 balls. He made sure that his innings didn’t consume too many balls, which in turn allowed his team’s score to go beyond 150.
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