For the first time in the history of IPL, Ravichandran Ashwin is the ‘retired heart’ for scoring fast runs. He was taken off the field for a quick run off 23 balls in 16.2 overs of Rajasthan Royals innings. He was replaced by Ryan Pollen. He played only 4 balls and scored 6 runs. It cannot be said that he was very successful. But Rajasthan took 165 for 6 at the end of 20 overs. Pune came down to chase that collection and stopped 3 runs away.
Retired Hart was made the fourth cricketer in world cricket to score a quick run in T20 cricket. Earlier, Shahid Afridi of Pakistan, Sonam Tobgay of Bhutan and Sanjamul Islam of Bangladesh were picked up for strategic reasons. Sanjamulerata 2019 BPL incident. This is the first time such a thing has happened in IPL.
After Ashwin’s ‘Retired Heart’ history, Rajasthan won
After losing the toss, Rajasthan started the innings with a good start. But in the end, Rajasthan can set a target of 18 runs to win in front of Lucknow. However, they lost 4 wickets for 6 runs. After scoring 42 runs in the opening over, Rajasthan lost 4 wickets in 8 to 10 overs of the innings. Today’s opening batsman Jos Butler and captain Sanju Samson failed. Another opening batsman, Devdut Padikal, could not make his innings too big. He made 29 off 29 balls. Rasi von der Dussen also failed.
Then Shimron Hetmeyer pulled Rajasthan’s innings. He remained unbeaten on 59 off 36 balls till the end. He hit six sixes. Hit 1 boundary. Ravichandran Ashwin’s 6-run stand for the fifth wicket put Rajasthan in a fighting position. Ashwin hit 26 off 23 balls before leaving the field with two sixes.
Krishnappa Gautam was the most successful bowler in Lucknow. He took 2 wickets for 30 runs. Jason Holder took 2 wickets for 50 runs. Abesh Khan took 1 wicket.
In reply, Lucknow was in danger when they were hit by a pair of Trent Bolts. Lokesh Rahul returned with zero runs. Krishnappa Gautam also returned without opening the score book. Quinton de Kock handled the situation somewhat. He made 39 off 32 balls. Jason Holder also did not get a run. He was out for 6 runs. Towards the end Marcus Steinis tried something. He made 36 off 16 balls. It was Stoynis who led Lucknow to victory. But Lucknow stopped with 162 runs for 7 wickets.
