The clash between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) on Monday was one of the fiercest battles in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The contest was tied after 40 overs and led to the second Super Over of the season that Virat Kohli & Co won on the last ball.
RCB scored 201 in the first innings and MI leveled the score as Ishan Kishan and Kieron Pollard took control and earned 79 runs in the last 4 overs. Later, when the team entered the Super Over, management decided not to send Kishan at bat. This move did not work well and MI was only able to score 7 runs of the six balls.
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Commentators Kevin Pietersen and Sunil Gavaskar weren’t happy to see Ishan sitting on the bench and not coming out to bat. Pietersen recalled the mistake Kings XI Punjab made against Delhi Capitals, sending Nicholas Pooran in place of Mayank Agarwal, who had scored 89 in the match.
“He (Ishan Kishan) has to be incredibly exhausted and tired not to have hit in that Super. I think Mumbai missed a trick, sorry, but with that smaller limit, hitting for 2 minutes is nothing. I’m not criticizing him, but the decision is not for him to hit. We saw when Mayank Agarwal didn’t do it the other night (KXIP vs DC in Game 2) and Kings XI lost the contest, ”Pietersen said while commenting.
Gavaskar echoed Pietersen’s sentiments, stating that Ishan Kishan should have hit.
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“There is not much time in a Super Over to plan anything. If it were a game over 40 years old, Ishan Kishan would still want to go out and hit because form is such a fickle thing that it can be that way. So yes, I think I should have come because it was a matter of only 6 deliveries, ”Gavaskar said.
Later in the post-match presentation ceremony, Rohit Sharma revealed why that decision was made. He said Ishan was out of stock after his tickets and didn’t look comfortable so management decided not to send him.
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