At 156/2 in 17 overs, RR were very much in the hunt to complete the chase, as the equation read 25 runs off 18 balls. But Avesh, with his pinpoint yorkers, removed set batters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag, before taking out Shimron Hetmyer in the final over and completing a memorable win for LSG, leaving RR’s home crowd stunned.
For RR, it was despair yet again as twice in a row, they have failed to close out straightforward chases. The defeat in Jaipur also meant that Sandeep Sharma leaking 27 runs in the final over, including giving away four sixes to Abdul Samad, did come back to pinch them hard, as RR slumped to their fourth consecutive defeat.
Chasing 181, after Jaiswal began by whipping Shardul Thakur for four, the 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi announced himself on the big stage by backing away to carve an off-drive off Shardul Thakur over extra-cover for six on his first ball. He then cleared his front leg to clobber Avesh Khan down the ground for another six.
