Former Indian cricket group star Krishnamachari Srikkanth brutally roasted Rajasthan Royals after their loss towards Delhi Capitals within the IPL 2025 match on Wednesday. The match turned out to be an fascinating one because it turned the primary recreation of the season to enter a brilliant over. While chasing 189, RR had been restricted to 188/4 in 20 overs because the match went right into a Super Over, the place DC emerged victorious in simply 4 balls. It was DC’s fifth win in six matches whereas it was the fifth loss for RR after seven video games.
In the tremendous over, Shimron Hetmyer and Riyan Parag opened the proceedings for RR and the duo may solely handle to put up 11/2 towards DC’s Mitchell Starc.
Srikkanth criticised RR over sending Hetmyer and Parag within the tremendous over as a substitute of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Nitish Rana.
“Such terrible decisions by RR, first off super over combination was wrong, you have A player who was dangerous against Starc and you sent two batters who were struggling, it was literally a walk over for Dc! Anyhow one thing is certain CATCHES WIN MATCHES!” wrote Srikkanth on X (previously Twitter).
Such horrible choices by RR , first off tremendous over mixture was incorrect, you’ve gotten A participant who was harmful towards starc and also you despatched two batters who had been struggling, it was actually a stroll over for Dc ! Anyhow one factor is for certain CATCHES WIN MATCHES! #DCvsRR
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth) April 16, 2025
Notably, Jaiswal and Rana had a very good outing with the bat through the chase as they each scored 51 runs and stored RR within the recreation. On the opposite hand, Parag and Hetmyer struggled towards DC’s bowling lineup as the previous scored 8 off 11 balls whereas the latter solely managed 15* off 9 balls.
“We bowled really well. There were phases when they came hard at us. I would like to give credit to our bowlers and fielders. The energy on the ground was fantastic. I thought that score was chaseable given the batting lineup which we had. The start which we got in the powerplay, I felt it was definitely a chaseable score,” stated RR skipper Sanju Samson after the loss.
“I think as we all saw some fantastic bowling by Starcy. He is one of the best guys around in the world. I would like to give it to Starcy. He won them the game in the 20th over. Plan was to swing hard. I think (Sandeep) has been bowling the toughest overs for us in the last few years. Starcy took it away. A win today could have created some positivity in the dressing room,” he added.
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