In the seventh over of Sunil Narine’s bowling, Jaiswal produced the shot of the innings by retreating away to loft inside-out over the extra-cover boundary. He then pulled Suyash Sharma for another spectacular. Yuzvendra and Yashasvi Jaiswal’s performance pushed Rajasthan Royals to the third spot.
On Thursday, May 11, Rajasthan Royals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by nine wickets in a season 2023 match at Eden Gardens, with Yuzvendra Chahal becoming the IPL’s all-time resulting wicket-taker with a mesmerizing 4/25 and Yashasvi Jaiswal making light of a two-paced pitch with an unbeaten 47-ball 98 that included the fastest fifty of the competition in 13 balls.
With his slow, tossed-up deliveries, leg spin, and googly pitches. Chahal was unquestionably Rajasthan’s best bowler as he held the hosts to 149/8. Then, Jaiswal’s strokeplay was flawless as he combined boldness with a brave demeanor to hit 13 fours and five sixes with a strike rate of 208.51.
The crowd was in amazement at the left-handed opener’s capability to clear the infield and locate gaps with impeccably easy and accurate footwork while mowing down Kolkata’s bowlers in a jaw-dropping manner, hitting fifty in 13 balls, which was like a video game in fast-forward mode. Yuzvendra and Yashasvi Jaiswal’s performance took Rajasthan Royals to the third spot in the table.
Sanju Samson, who concluded at 48 not out off 29 balls and had an unbroken 121-run partnership with Jaiswal for the second wicket, helped Rajasthan cross the finish line with 41 balls remaining. With 12 points from as many matches and a net run rate of 0.633 as a consequence, Rajasthan moved up to third position on the points chart, preserving their chances of making the playoffs.
Yuzvendra and Yashasvi jaiswal performance:
The chase was launched in a dramatic manner by the 21-year-old Jaiswal. He danced down the pitch to loft Nitish Rana’s part-time off-spin over long-on for six before slog-sweeping for another maximum. When he glided down the pitch to drive through mid-off and cut furiously again to knock three fours. Collecting 26 runs off the over, his initial over assault resumed.
Jos Buttler was run out for a duck despite this. But Jaiswal still managed to get a four due to an overthrow and hook Harshit Rana for six. He then took a single to go to fifty in 13 balls after smashing Shardul Thakur for three straight fours past mid-off, deep mid-wicket, and cover. Yuzvendra and Yashasvi Jaiswal’s performance took Rajasthan Royals to the top 3 in the standings.
After that, Jaiswal showed no sign of slowing down as he pounded a drive off Varun Chakaravarthy for four and then cut. And heaved off Harshit for a pair of boundaries. As Samson dragged and lashed off Chakaravarthy for six and four points accordingly. There was no relief in sight for Kolkata.
In the seventh over of Sunil Narine’s bowling, Jaiswal produced the shot of the innings by retreating away to loft inside-out over the extra-cover boundary. He then pulled Suyash Sharma for another maximum.
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Samson got dropped by Narine off his own bowling. And after that, the right-hander smacked Suyash for four and carried Anukul Roy for three sixes over the bowler’s head. Nothing fell Kolkata’s way.
Samson crushed Chakaravarthy for six while Jaiswal used a sweep, reverse-sweep. And another sweep off Thakur for two more boundaries to end the chase and reach 98 not out.
Earlier, Shimron Hetmyer took a fantastic diving grab on the outside of the boundary after running to his right from deep square leg after Jason Roy sliced off Trent Boult in the third over. Rahmanullah Gurbaz then incorrectly timed a drive on the rise. And Sandeep Sharma, who was rushing to his right and leaping to grab the catch at mid-off, caught him. Yuzvendra and Yashasvi jaiswal performance took Rajasthan Royalspushed Rajasthan Royals to third spot.
The following over saw Chahal score for Rajasthan by having Rana slog-sweep direct to diving reverse square leg. Becoming him the IPL’s all-time leading wicket-taker. But in his subsequent over, Venkatesh destroyed the leg-spinner by smashing long-off for six. Then effortlessly pulling and driving for two fours.
After KM Asif was blasted over long-off by Andre Russell for six. The pacer responded by squeezing the powerful batter and cutting directly to backward point. By hitting Asif over long-off for six, Venkatesh blasted to fifty in just 40 balls.
