IPL 2020: Ben Stokes's innings against Mumbai Indians changed a lot ...

Posted on 26th Oct 2020 by rohit kumar

Only 60 balls and Ben Stokes changed a lot in IPL-13.

 

Make a count

 

Unbeaten 107 runs gave Rajasthan Royals their fifth win in the tournament.

The Rajasthan team was ranked eighth to sixth in the point table.

It gave oxygen to the hopes of Rajasthan Royals reaching the play-offs.

The stormy innings of Hardik Pandya, who scored an unbeaten 60 off 21 balls, faded.

How to blunt the edge of the bowling attack of Mumbai Indians, who are said to be the strongest in the IPL, told this formula to the opponents

In the IPL, against the bowlers of Mumbai Indians, for the first time, any team achieved the target of 196 runs.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team Chennai Super Kings returned to number eight in the points table after defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight wickets.

With the victory of Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings' hopes of reaching the play-off were also broken.

 

Giants praise

 

Stokes was still sorry after all this and that such an innings with the bat 'Why did it come so late?'

 

Stokes was not part of the playing eleven since the start of the tournament. He joined the team late due to taking care of his ailing father. Despite being a part of the playing XI, he could not perform according to his status in the last five matches. After this innings, he said, "Things are difficult right now but hopefully it will bring some happiness at home (from the century innings)".

 

His house is not known, the rest of those who saw his innings, all of them were seen praising Stokes wholeheartedly. These include Sanju Samson, who made an unbeaten 152-run partnership with him, and Virender Sehwag, former India team opener.

 

Rajasthan captain Steve Smith also looked like his innings. Smith said, "I am very happy. So far there was a lack of our team that the experienced players get off the bat to win."

 

Relief to Teotia!

 

But, the most relief from Stokes' innings would have been given to Rahul Teotia. It was Tewatiya who broke the catch off Hardik Pandya off Karthik Tyagi in the 16th over of Mumbai's innings. By that time, Pandya had scored only five runs in six balls.

 

Pandya's innings changed after receiving his life. He scored 55 runs in the next 15 balls. In the last over of Karthik Tyagi, Pandya hit three sixes and two fours. In his first 18 overs, Ankit Rajput hit four sixes.

 

Even after the explosive victory, Captain Smith still had a hard time dropping that catch. He said, "It was very expensive for us to leave that catch." It was good for Rahul Teotia that the century of Ben Stokes and the half-century of Sanju Samson turned Hardik's might.

 

Despair of hearty

 

Despite Hardik's amazing innings, Mumbai's defeat was described by Keron Pollard as 'unfortunate'. Keron Pollard, who captained Mumbai against Rajasthan, said, "Even after such an innings, the team's defeat is unfortunate."

 

Even if the team has lost, Hardik's innings will be remembered for a long time. With seven sixes and two fours in the last over of Mumbai's innings, he became the biggest contender for the title of 'Best Finisher'.

 

New star of Chennai

 

The IPL-13 match played in Dubai on Sunday, Chennai Super Kings got a new star. Rituraj Gaekwad. These batsmen from Maharashtra could not leave any mark in IPL-13 till the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore. His bats had got just five runs in three matches.

 

But on Sunday, Rituraj completed the last task and erased the bat. Rituraj, who came to the opening, scored an unbeaten 65 runs chasing the target. Four fours and three sixes came out of his bat.

 

The third six of Rituraj's innings proved to be the winner. On Sunday, his innings overshadowed Bangalore captain Virat Kohli's half-century.

 

Rituraj was elected Man of the Match for this innings and after the match, the fans on social media started reminding Chennai captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni of his old statement in which he talked about not having a 'spark' among the young players.

 

However, Dhoni praised Rituraj Gaikwad for this innings.