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Royals 140/1 in 10 overs Rajasekhar Reddy 74(34) | Aditya More 1/24 J. Manikandan 49 (24) |
Well, the Royals do fall short in the end by quite some distance but this has been a really valiant effort from them! They came out all guns blazing and managed to put the Kings under some pressure.
Rajasekhar Reddy played an absolute blinder and as long as he was still out there, the Royals were in with a chance. Manikandan gave him good company, although he couldn't really get going from the other end as he picked up singles and twos. By the time , he accelerated , it was a little too late and the game had slipped away from their hands.
The Kings bowlers struggled a lot but they had a massive total in the bank to defend and that aided their cause. Most of their bowlers managed to ensure that there was no over, where 20+ runs were scored and that's exactly how they sealed the game. Aditya More got the solitary wicket of Reddy in the end and that was the only one to fall in the innings.
Overall, this is a huge win for the Kings and they will derive a lot of confidence from this one. The Royals though, will have to go back to the drawing board and improve on their bowling.
10
overs
140/1score
0
0
4
0
4
1
runs
N Janarthanan*
10(7)
Jayaprakash Manikandan
49(24)
Leela Chandrasekhar
0/23
9.6 Leela Chandrasekhar to Janarthanan N, KINGS WIN RATHER COMFORTABLY IN THE END! Full and slow on off-stump. A big swing across the line and a miss. But the batters manage to take a leg-bye to the right of the keeper.
9.5 Leela Chandrasekhar to Janarthanan N, FOUR MORE! Good length ball around off-stump. A step out and a smash to the right of long-on for a boundary on the misfield!
9.4 Leela Chandrasekhar to Janarthanan N, short around off-stump. An attempted guide down to third man off the back foot but the contact with the ball was not made!
9.3 Leela Chandrasekhar to Janarthanan N, FOUR! Good length ball on middle-stump. Heaved to the right of deep mid-wicket off the back foot for a boundary!
9.2 Leela Chandrasekhar to Janarthanan N, short outside off-stump. Another big swing to the on-side on the back foot but a miss! Dot ball.
9.1 Leela Chandrasekhar to Janarthanan N, over the wicket, short outside off-stump. A massive hoick across the line but the connection was with fresh air!
Manikandan managed to accelerate in that over and but it's been a little too late! They will need 45 runs from the final over now and it only seems like a formality from here on.
9
overs
131/1score
1
2nb
0
4
4
6
0
runs
Jayaprakash Manikandan*
49(24)
N Janarthanan
1(1)
S Rajaram
0/30
8.6 Rajaram S to J Manikandan, good length ball around off-stump. A swing through the line from the crease and a miss! Dot ball.
8.5 Rajaram S to J Manikandan, SIX! Full toss on middle-stump. A step out and a hammering over long-on this time for a maximum!
8.4 Rajaram S to J Manikandan, FOUR MORE! Fuller on off-stump. A lovely little lap to the left of the keeper for a boundary!
8.3 Rajaram S to J Manikandan, FOUR! Over the wicket, full around off-stump. Smashed down to long-on's left from the front foot for a boundary!
8.2 Rajaram S to J Manikandan, FREE HIT! Full toss around off-stump from round the wicket. A miss of the heave across the line on one knee! Dot ball.
8.2 Rajaram S to Janarthanan N, good length ball outside off-stump. Thumped down to long-off from the back foot for a single again. No-ball as well here!
8.1 Rajaram S to J Manikandan, over the wicket, full on off-stump. Driven over mid-off from the middle of the bat for only a single.
Rajaram S [1.0-0-13-0] comes back into the attack.
The Kings have finally found a wicket here and that might as well be the final nail in the coffin for the Royals! Rajasekhar Reddy has played a gem here though and he has ensured that his team makes a real match of this one.