Yashasvi Jaiswal hogged the limelight within the recreation between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Thursday. He smashed the quickest fifty in IPL historical past on his method to unbeaten 98 off 47 balls with 13 fours and 5 sixes to his identify. On the again of his knock, the Royals chased down the 150-run goal in simply 13.1 overs. It was Jaiswal who scored successful runs ending the match with a 4 whilst he tried to smack a six so as to get to his well deserved century.
Meanwhile, spin bowler Suyash Sharma is trending on social media with many claiming that he tried to bowl a broad supply to deny Jaiswal his century. It was the final ball of the thirteenth over when Suyash bowled a method down the leg-side. But Sanju Samson, the batter on strike, was good sufficient to get in line of the ball and block it.
It appeared to be a deliberate try from the bowler to bowl down the leg-side as Samson additionally did not appear to be too happy whilst Suyash had a smile on his face after the batter well blocked the ball. Soon after doing so, Samson appeared pumped up and gesture Yashasvi Jaiswal to smash a six and get to his second IPL century.
Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra was one of many first to level out the gimmick from Suyash Sharma and felt that it wasn’t in good style. “Trying to bowl a wide to prevent Yashasvi from getting to his 100….poor taste IMHO,” he tweeted. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson can be being praised for blocking out the supply so that Jaiswal will get a probability to get to his ton. Eventually, each Samson and Jaiswal could not get to their private milestone remaining unbeaten on 48 and 98 respectively however the group registered an emphatic victory.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
