Rajasthan Royals' young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal played an unbeaten 98 off 47 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday. Due to this innings, the Rajasthan team reached the third position in the points table. Now he has strengthened his claim to reach the playoffs. Yashasvi was asked after the match if he was sad for not completing the century. To this, the young opener said that he was never focused on scoring a century. This statement has won the hearts of the fans.
Yashasvi said this
After the match, Yashasvi said- It is always in my mind that I should go on the field and play well. It was a great feeling batting in this match. It's not that whatever I want happens, I prepare well and believe in myself. I know results will come. The winning shot was a great feeling. I wanted to finish the game and winning the match has been my aim. I am blessed and grateful, I am doing my best.
When asked how did he feel that he missed out on a century? In response to this, Yashasvi said- I think the net run rate of the team was in my mind. I and Sanju bhai (Sanju Samson) were only talking about finishing the game quickly. Rajasthan suffered a blow in the second over when Jos Buttler was run out. Because of this, more responsibility had come on Yashasvi.
Rajasthan is in third place in the points table
Yashasvi said- I think this happens in a match. It gives me the responsibility to do even better. Sanju bhai came and told me to keep playing my game and don't think about that runout. Rajasthan's team is third in the points table with six wins in 12 matches. The team has lost six matches. This brilliant win has raised his net run rate to +0.633.
What happened in the match?
Talking about the match, after losing the toss and batting first, Kolkata scored 149 runs losing eight wickets in 20 overs. Jason Roy scored 10 runs, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 18 runs, Captain Nitish Rana scored 22 runs, Andre Russell scored 10 runs, Rinku Singh scored 16 runs, Shardul Thakur scored one run and Sunil Narine scored six runs. Venkatesh Iyer's innings of 57 runs in 42 balls brought Kolkata to a score of 149. In his innings, he hit two fours and four sixes. Chahal took four wickets. As soon as he took a wicket, Chahal broke Dwayne Bravo's record of taking the most wickets in this league. Bravo took 183 wickets, while Chahal has 187 wickets. Apart from this, Trent Boult got two wickets. Sandeep Sharma and KM Asif got one wicket each.
Yashasvi and Samson's best innings
In response, the Rajasthan team came on the field with a different mindset. Yashasvi scored 26 runs in the very first over of Nitish Rana with the help of two sixes and three fours. This is the joint second-most runs in the first over of the innings. The record of scoring the most runs in the first over of the innings is in the name of Mumbai Indians. He scored 27 runs in the very first over against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2011. These include seven extras. Rajasthan is number two.
Butler (0) was dismissed in the second over, but Yashasvi's bat continued to fire. Yashasvi hit his half-century off 13 balls, which was the fastest half-century in IPL history. He took two singles and a double in his opening 50 runs. Yashasvi hit three sixes and seven fours in the first 50 runs. Even after this, his bat continued to score runs and died only after finishing the match. Yashasvi hit 13 fours and five sixes in his unbeaten innings of 98 runs. Apart from this, captain Sanju Samson scored an unbeaten 48 in 29 balls with the help of two fours and five sixes. Rajasthan achieved the target by losing one wicket in 13.1 overs. Rajasthan's next match is against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday.
(pc amarujala)
