Shane Watson’s blast with the bat
When he came to bat, Royal Challengers needed 95 runs off the last 8 overs. And when he left the pitch after being caught in front of the stumps by RP Singh, his team required 49 runs from the last 27 balls. In essence, he brought the required run rate down by a considerable margin.
And why not? After AB de Villiers played an uncharacteristically poor innings, where he scored 1 runs off 3 balls, the onus was on Shane Watson to do what his team-mate couldn’t. And he didn’t disappoint.
He got to play only 13 balls but inflicted utmost damage as he scored 36 runs off them to speed up the chase and give Kohli some breathing space.
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