GT vs SRH: Rashid’s masterclass with bat, Malik’s searing tempo, and Shashank’s dream run

No one does the check-whip-drive higher than Rashid Khan in modern-day cricket. Who has the time to get the bat all the way in which up, then swing it down, after which crash by way of the road? What Khan does brilliantly is to generate insane energy by way of sheer timing with that short-arm jab of his. That shot sends shivers down spines of bowlers, who then appear to desert attempting yorkers towards him. Instead, as Marco Jansen did, slower ones are tried. But if one can’t disguise them nicely, it poses one other downside. With 15 balls wanted from 4 balls, Jansen hit an off-pace size exterior off however it was in Rashid’s arc. That bat-swing once more and it soared over the sightscreen. A dot ball adopted with a brief supply however Jansen once more went full exterior off. Mistake. Another ideally suited supply for that Rashid bat-swing as Muttiah Muralitharan’s anguished post-ball screams within the Hyderabad dugout confirmed. Rashid sliced it over cowl. A venom-less brief ball arrived which Rashid pulled over fine-leg for the profitable six. “I told Tewatia in the last over, don’t panic,” he would say later. Two males who don’t panic in such conditions, two males whose hand-eye coordination is extraordinary, two males who pull off heists (Rashid has finished it within the Big Bash too) inform one another to not panic. Cute that.

Sriram Veera

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Gill takes elevator, Abhishek stairs

One night just a few years in the past, when Abhishek Sharma’s good friend Shubman Gill was all the fashion to emerge from the U-19 circuit, an interview was carried out in his presence. The two have been thick as thieves, a bit like Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli. Very sportingly, Sharma not solely hung round however saved peppering in anecdotes about Gill. At one level, when one discovered oneself alone with him, a remark from U-19 coach WV Raman was shared with him. A easy statement about how he’s a “natural talent” whose time will come. Abhishek’s face modified. He took in a deep breath, the face contorting right into a tensed breath-intake earlier than it relaxed into this indescribable bliss: that the coach believes in him, that he’s ok, that this isn’t all an inner dream, that he can certainly make it in cricket, that he isn’t losing his life away. Abhishek has needed to wait just a few years. This season, he obtained the chance to open, and is making it depend. When he lifted Alzarri Joseph over cowl, Kevin Pietersen purred, “We are lucky to see this live. It’s so beautiful, so effortless, so majestic.” And when he creamed the following ball all alongside the carpet, Ian Bishop went, “That’s a beautiful shot”. Just a few overs later, he went down on his knee to wallop Rashid Khan for a surprising six over long-on. Good issues, generally, do occur to individuals who wait.

Sriram Veera

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WHAT. A. GAME! 👌👌

WHAT. A. FINISH! 👍👍

We witnessed an absolute thriller on the Wankhede and it is the @gujarat_titans who edged out #SRH to seal a last-ball win! 🙌 🙌

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Shashank Singh’s dream continues

For Shashank Singh’s cricket-crazy household, an outing means going out for a recreation. They all went to observe the Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings 2010 IPL closing at DY Patil Stadium and returned dwelling with life-time recollections of watching MS Dhoni elevate the trophy. More than a decade later, Shashank was on the similar venue making his IPL debut, and as destiny would have it, towards CSK with the legend within the No.7 jersey nonetheless able to churning fan-frenzy. His father loves giving last-minute tricks to his son. Do respiratory workout routines, keep constructive and, as Shashank informed the SRH media group with a shy smile, “be wary of Bravo’s slower ball”. It hasn’t but been reported what Shashank’s hard-core cricket fan father informed his son earlier than the sport towards Gujarat Titans however likelihood is it could be one thing on the traces: ‘Be wary of Lockie Ferguson’s sluggish ball’. So within the closing over of the SRH innings, Shashank noticed the Kiwi speedster’s back-of-the-hand change of tempo and despatched it over the fence. The subsequent two balls too disappeared into the stands. Shashank’s dream continues.

Sandeep Dwivedi

The Late, Late Show – courtesy Malik

He might not have ended on a profitable facet tonight however Umran Malik placed on an excellent show to choose 5⃣ wickets and bagged the Player of the Match award. 👍 👍

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There is a distinction between taking part in late and being late. The late Martin Crowe as soon as lucidly defined the that means of taking part in late. “If you see it [the ball] early, you have time, but if you see it late, you tend to play it early because you are searching for the ball.” Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya discovered that out towards Umran Malik. Gill’s was the extra bold try. Not solely did he step away from the stumps on the final on the spot attainable, he additionally tried to chop a size supply. Unwise. By the time his downward bat swing started, the stumps had been rattled. Pandya’s was a extra comprehensible error. He had copped a fierce blow on his shoulder first ball from Malik however as is his wont, didn’t shrink back subsequent ball however punched a size ball sweetly to the boundary. Next over, although, the anticipated bouncer arrived, however it was exterior off, and in his eagerness, Pandya tried to pull it from there to the on facet however discovered he was too late with it. The high edge carried to 3rd man. Wriddhiman Saha was the third man to be scorched out by a yorker. Like Gill, he tried to again away on the final on the spot however couldn’t get his bat down in time as there was no time.

Sriram Veera

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Malik vs Pandya: Fire meets fireplace

Umran Malik cleaned up Shubman Gill with a thunderbolt and channelled his internal Brett Lee, celebration-wise. Hardik Pandya got here to the crease and Malik cranked up the tempo even additional, hitting the Gujarat Titans captain on the shoulder – Welcome, Skipper! Hardik eschewed the ache and despatched the physio off, earlier than responding with a cracking off- drive for a 4 subsequent ball. The warmth was on and Hardik was recreation. Malik, although, had the final giggle. Another bouncer and the highest edge went to Marco Jansen, so superb at third man that he doubled up as a back-stopper. It was wonderful captaincy from Kane Williamson. Not solely did he preserve the third man fielder very superb, he additionally posted the tallest man in his group, the 6ft 8in Jansen, there. At Malik’s tempo, high edges are inclined to fly, leaving no room for altitude incapacity. It was a battle inside the battle, a part of cricket that lit up Wankhede.

Shamik Chakrabarty