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Rashid-Kane-Warner at the Ramadan reunion; Bhuvi gets wide berth Ping and Wade is collateral damage in Umran-Hardik fight – Henry Club

April 12, 2022
Bharat Times

Rahul Tripathi hits Rahul Tewatia for a six and after pulling a hammy, falls to the floor. He was moaning in pain and the Sunrisers Hyderabad physio rushed to look after him. As it turned out, Tripathi pulled a calf muscle instead and had to retire with an injury. The extent of the injury is not yet known, but an injured calf is better than a sprained hamstring, as the latter takes much longer to heal. Tripathi lived a fascinating life on the last ball, when Mohammed Shami A catch from Hardik Pandya on the sleepwalk at deep third man – to put it mildly, it was the wrong decision. The Gujarat Titans captain was furious, but Tripathi didn’t mind. He heaved a sigh of relief. Agni later took a ball instead of Relief, but at the end of the game Tripathi was satisfied with the win. no pain no gain.

Bonds made in Sehri at 3 am

Transfers and auctions can disrupt teams, send old dressing room friends going their separate ways but not break the bonds between cricketers. A feature of this year’s tournament, following the mega IPL reset of 2022, has seen former teammates forced to play incompetent rivals. But he has done it with a smile on his face. Kane Williamson And Rashid Khan For years I have been calling Hyderabad my home. This season Rashid was booked by the new franchise Gujarat Titans. Suddenly, two close friends become enemies. Facing his bowling in his third over, Williamson took the lead in front of Rashid. The SRH batsman tried hard to score runs but failed. Afghanistan’s leggie conceded just 4 runs in the over, which ended with Williamson giving Rashid a big hug. There was laughter for the sake of old times. The two were teammates last Ramadan. The Kiwi star saw Rashid fast even on match days. This created something inside him. On a non-matching day, Williamson began his fast with Rashid for Sehri at 3 a.m. his other teammate David Warner also joined. Leggy was touched, “He’s a team, he’s a family. As members of a team, as members of a family, we all need to understand each other’s feelings. Then you know what is the right thing to do,” he would say. No on-field fight is intense enough to see Rashid forget Sehri early in the morning along with his life-long friends Williamson and Warner.

Rahul breaks it like a Gryffindor seeker

Rahul Tripathi pulled it out of thin air, and there was a great impression of disbelief on him Bhuvneshwar Kumarface of. Shubman Gill’s shot had four written all around. Tripathi flew to his left over cover, held out his hand and pulled off a stunner. The fielder’s celebration mimicked that of a wrestler and Kumar’s facial expressions captured in disbelief. It offered to take back the catch of Matthew Hayden in the third ODI between Paul Collingwood England and Australia in 2005 in Bristol. The Australian opener played an upper class drive and thought he had cleared the backward point fielder. But Collingwood defied gravity and took it with one hand. Coming back to the Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL game, after the first 17 runs that included 10 at wide, Tripathi’s catch gave Kumar a reason to smile.

Bhuvi wakes up in sleep

Over the years, if anyone has ever been able to control the new ball that swings wildly – in fact kept it on a string – it is Bhuvneshwar Kumar. And he demonstrated it on the very first ball of the game, starting a ball outside the leg stump of Matthew Wade and swiveling the left-hander. But the outer edge diving survived the second slip. Bhuvneshwar bowled at least three more deliveries in the first over around the same spot. To their horror, the trio went the other way for Wide. Two of them swing the wrong way and also overtook the wicketkeeper and went to the boundary. So despite conceding just one run in the middle of the bat in the over, Bhuvneshwar sent the most expensive opening over ever for Sunrisers, costing 17 runs, with 11 wides alone.

Getting into the battle of Umran-Hardik

Matthew Wade must have felt like a bypasser caught in a street fight or a pedestrian wandering on a race track. The fastest hands in Indian cricket – 100m six-hitter Hardik Pandya and 150kph bowler Umran Malik – were involved in a fiercely violent fight and it was the Australian batsman that ended in collateral damage. Malik vs Pandya is a duel straight out of the Fast and Furious franchise. First ball, Malik runs hard, turns his back, hits a short ball. Looks like Pandya is not ready for the pace. He is hit on the helmet grille. He is fine, he is not hurt, his ego is not broken either. On the next ball he does not swing his bat to reply with a six, but plays a Test-match class drive through cover. How does 150kph react to such a snub? Short ball. Malik is no different. Pandya knew. He waits for the ball, yet doesn’t swing wildly, pulls it for a boundary. Now Malik picks up pace, with the next two balls flying through his hand. Pandya plays a dot, followed by a single. This brought Wade to the crease. He has been watching the pitch and the spark rising from Pandya’s bat till now. He strikes, his eyes betraying his inner feelings. He is sure that Malik will let his short ball go. The youth of Jammu and Kashmir is not that predictable. Fooling Wade gives him a chance to bring out the villain’s bad laugh. The ball goes to their pads before coming under the bat. Malik appealed, he might have saved his breath after the super sonic over. Wade is plumb lbw. Gavaskar always said that the best way to play these fast bowlers was from the non-striker’s side.

Bouncer. check. The helmet broke. check.

Not happy to see Umran Malik’s bouncer slam into Hardik Pandya’s helmet. A cricket ball weighs 5.75 ounces, is hard and, thrown at 90 mph, can cause serious injury, even if modern-day batsmen are protected from head to toe. Malik welcomes Pandya with a bouncer, the Gujarat Titans captain is late on the bridge and the ball hits the grille of the helmet. The Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer immediately apologized. Pandya took a blow in his stride, raised his hand and accepted the bowler’s apology. After the concussion check, he agreed to play the next ball. Malik strums his length, Pandya gets on the front leg and crunches it through cover for a boundary. As careless as it gets.

Shami’s praise

Hardik Pandya’s tacit consent was a tribute to Mohammed Shami’s mastery. As always, the seam condition was excellent, the ball came in with an angle before seaming. Abhishek Sharma beaten till the end. There was no shame in getting hit from a pitch, although an elite batsman might have gone close and got him out. Not a word was spoken. Matthew Wade collected the ball behind the stumps and thought of going for review before deciding against it. Pandya clapped and nodded in appreciation. Shami has been doing this for years. It was business as usual for him.