END OF OVER:20 | 25 Runs | RR: 185/5 | RR: 9.25
- Riyan Parag84 (45b)
- Shimron Hetmyer14 (7b)
- Anrich Nortje4-0-48-1
- Mukesh Kumar4-0-49-1
Sudarshanan will be in for the chase. Let me see if I can get a couple comments in
Sampath's stat: Before this IPL, Riyan Parag was one of the two batters with 1000-plus T20 runs at No.4 with a strike rate of 150-plus and 40-plus average. Suryakumar Yadav being the other. However, Parag batted only twice at that No.4 position in his 54-match IPL career till 2023.
Sai: "RR were literally 58/3 in 10 overs, so this is a remarkable recovery ft. Ash, Parag and Hettie!!!"
Anshul: "Parag has finally started to live up to the hype around him"
Riyan Parag: [Last over] It's a result of a lot of practice behind the scenes. It's not the bowler but the ball he's bowling and I practised against a lot of those balls and could execute the shots tonight. I have my options ready both sides of the wicket, that's what I've been working on lately. I back myself, I know I have the power to dig out yorkers and hit sixes off short balls. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. [Being 26 at run a ball] Sanga and Sanju bhaiyya came in and told me to do it deep, knew I'd go big at the end if I did. For someone coming in, it's not easy but not as much for someone set. It's been tough, I am a bit emotional right now. But it's been a lot of work. Backed myself, practiced a lot, seeing the fruits of it now.
9:24pm 58 off Parag's last 19 balls, says Simon Katich. It was ridiculous hitting. Whether the bowling was on point or not, it was sensational. You don't just hit both sides of the wicket with that good a connection repeatedly. There were things that happened before but who cares? I mean, if living in the moment was this fun, self-help people wouldn't have had to use it so much. Anyway, it's a great score. Parag started well, carried the innings together. Ashwin played a handy cameo. Capitals' new-ball bowlers were great. Axar tried holding them down. Kuldeep was good but was taken down. I'm just typing words on autopilot.
Noman: "I don't understand field placing. If you're planning on wide yorker outside off, then why short third!"
END OF OVER:19 | 15 Runs | RR: 160/5 | RR: 8.42
- Shimron Hetmyer14 (7b)
- Riyan Parag59 (39b)
- Mukesh Kumar4-0-49-1
- Anrich Nortje3-0-23-1
Siddhant: "To people who say 150 is par, it seems that way because of how difficult it was initially due to the dryness of the surface. Like Samson said at the toss, it will only get better to bat on with dew. 170ish i say"
END OF OVER:18 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | RR: 145/5 | RR: 8.05
- Shimron Hetmyer1 (2b)
- Riyan Parag58 (38b)
- Anrich Nortje3-0-23-1
- Kuldeep Yadav4-0-41-1
Kumar: "If RR lose a wicket now. Do they bring in Nandre Burger who can hit a bit or Powell?" Probably Burger because he can bowl too
Shrikant : "Successful promotion of Ashwin means that RR does not require a premature batsman sub. "
Good entry point I'd say for Hetmyer but it's a chancy time to come in. Around goes Nortje
DC Jurel b Nortje 20 (19m 12b 3x4 0x6) SR: 166.66
Nortje will probably bowl the last two
END OF OVER:17 | 15 Runs | RR: 138/4 | RR: 8.11
- Riyan Parag57 (36b)
- Dhruv Jurel16 (10b)
- Kuldeep Yadav4-0-41-1
- Mukesh Kumar3-0-34-1
DrZee: "Last 3 over 15,15,15. love the symmetry followed by Parag and Dhruv"
Ashu: "150 is a par score on this pitch. Lock my words."
Kuldeep kicks off the death overs