Sixes, dots, near run-outs, and a nervy last-ball finish; Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals had it all
ESPNcricinfo staff02-May-20243:17
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20 needed off 12. Cummins will definitely bowl one of these overs. Will Bhuvneshwar bowl the other? Or will it be Unadkat? Looks like we will have to wait another over to find out. Here is Cummins…18.1, Cummins to Jurel, OUTThe Sunrisers Hyderabad are alive! And the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad is alive too! Half-volley on the pads. Jurel steps across his stumps and tries to shovel it over deep square leg. The bottom hand comes off ever so slightly, though, and he arrows it to Abhishek, who tracks the ball and holds on to the chance!Dhruv Jurel c Abhishek Sharma b Cummins 1 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33Ashwin is the new batter in. RR need 20 off 11Related
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18.2, Cummins to Ashwin, 1 runAngled in full on middle and off. Ashwin goes deep into his crease and works it towards long on. Gets Powell back on strike18.3, Cummins to Powell, no runSlower delivery dug into the track outside off. Powell swings his bat like an axe but does not make any contact. The crowd finds its voice again!18.4, Cummins to Powell, no runNails the wide yorker, and Powell is all at sea. Perhaps he was not expecting it and is too late to bring his bat down. Squirms under the toe-end, and that is another dot18.5, Cummins to Powell, no runAnother slower bumper, just outside off. Powell tries to catch up with it but just cannot come to grips with the change in pace. Three dots in a row. In the penultimate over.Three fielders behind point in the ring18.6, Cummins to Powell, SIX runsPowell with a magnificent shot under pressure! Cummins goes for the wide yorker again but bowls it a smidgen shorter than he would have wanted. That allows Powell to get under it and he carves this over deep cover point!Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck off the final ball to seal a one-run win for SRH•BCCI13 off 6. Ashwin on strike. Bhuvneshwar to bowl. So much experience on both ends. Who will triumph? Looks like the over-rate penalty has been imposed too. SRH can only have four fielders outside the ring.19.1, Bhuvneshwar to Ashwin, 1 runInto the blockhole on middle and leg. Ashwin squeezes it out towards long on12 off 5. All eyes on Bhuvneshwar and Powell. Does Bhuvneshwar also look for the wide yorker, and does Powell pre-empt it?19.2, Bhuvneshwar to Powell, 2 runsYorker on the stumps. Powell flicks it towards long on and Ashwin comes back for the second. The throw goes to the batter’s end and Powell makes it too. Not great fielding and decision-making by Jansen. Surely the throw should have gone to Ashwin’s end?19.3, Bhuvneshwar to Powell, FOUR runsPowell with another corker of a boundary! Low full toss wide outside off. Powell predicts it and moves across. Gets down low and laps it through the vacant fine leg region!6 off 3 now19.4, Bhuvneshwar to Powell, 2 runsNails the yorker on off. Powell drills it towards long-off and both batters want two. The throw goes to the batter’s end again and the throw is wild too. Two completed easily.19.5, Bhuvneshwar to Powell, 2 runsHas Powell been run out?! He sprawled across the turf but was that enough?! Spears in a yorker on the pads. Powell whisks it towards deep square leg. He always wants to come back for the second and stretches every sinew of his body to get there. The dive saves him, and Powell is back on strike!Rovman Powell nearly took Rajasthan Royals home•Mahesh Kumar / AP PhotoPlenty of running repairs for Powell. He seemed to hurt himself but the adrenaline would be pumping right now. All he wants is to take RR home here. The umpire steps in and asks Powell and the rest of the RR contingent on the field to hurry upBhuvneshwar has had plenty of time to think about this last ball now. What does he bowl? Does Powell stay still or does he move around his crease?2 off 1. Here we go!19.6, Bhuvneshwar to Powell, OUTHuge appeal, and the finger goes up! Bhuvneshwar Kumar has won it for SRH, and they have come back from the brink to upset the table toppers! Full toss zinged into middle and leg. Powell has a swing across the line and misses. Gets pinned on the back leg and the slow, dreaded finger of Anil Choudhary goes up. Powell is disconsolate and he has reviewed but it is immaterial. Even if he is deemed not out, they will not get any runs. The Ball Tracking graphic comes up, and it only confirms what we all knew. Powell is out, and that is that. What drama in Hyderabad. The Rajasthan Royals don’t know where to look. They do not know what has hit them. SRH don’t know how they have done this. This is a comeback and some, and a tale those at the ground will tell the next generation about!
