Abdul Samad The Hero of SRH vs RR Match

In one of the more thrilling finishes of recent times, bottom-ranked SRH pulled off a midnight heist against the Rajasthan Royals, chasing down 215 off the final ball. With five runs required off the final ball, Sandeep Sharma of Rajasthan Royals bowled a no-ball, allowing Abdul Samad a second chance to seal a win for SRH, which he did, smashing a straight six and breathing some air into SRH’s deflated campaign. But let us start at the very beginning…

The usual carnage

Yashasvi Jaiswal has made a habit out of getting RR off to a flying start, particularly as Jos Buttler suffers a bit of a trough in his form. The two openers carted their way to a half-century stand, with Jaiswal taking the lead and Buttler playing second fiddle. However, Jaiswal’s pyrotechnics were cut short by Marco Jansen, but that couldn’t stop RR from ending a dominant powerplay, with the scorecard reading 61-1.