Varun Chakaravarthy shielded eight runs in the last over to seal KKR’s renowned success over SRH in IPL 2023.
Varun Chakaravarthy recalled, “My heartbeat was touching 200 in the last over.” After the mysterious spinner spun a web around Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) to secure a stunning victory for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in match No. on Thursday. 47 of the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL).
At the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, the Chakaravarthy-led KKR team defeated the 2016 champions by 5 runs to stay alive in the playoff race this season.
KKR skipper Nitish Rana brought spinner Chakaravarthy back into the attack to bowl the 16th over after he conceded 12 runs in his first six balls.
Aiden Markram’s SRH side just required 38 from 30 balls. The Orange Armed Force had five wickets close by at that point.
KKR spinner Chakaravarthy raised the bar by allowing only four runs in the 16th over. At a time when skipper Markram was getting close to his half-century and Abdul Samad was trying to shift gears for SRH.
Chakaravarthy then bowled the 18th over and only gave up 5 runs. Putting more pressure on SRH as the rain gods made their presence known.
On the DLS par score at the time, the hosts were one run ahead of KKR. Chakaravarthy had to deliver the goods for the Knight Riders in the final six balls of the humdinger. After Vaibhav Arora had given up 12 runs in the first over.
After KKR chose Chakaravarthy over the star seamer. Ravi Shastri questioned Shardul Thakur, “I saw you going for the ball in the last over. But it was taken out of your hand.”
“Captain had a feeling that if I bowled Chakaravarthy, I should bowl,” Shardul told Shastri after the game. Rana, the captain of Kolkata, made the decision to follow his gut and it paid off handsomely for KKR.
Chakaravarthy removed an on-song Samad for 21 (18) on the third ball. Flipping the tie on its head as he was tasked with defending 8 runs in the final over.
Chakaravarthy only gave up three runs in the final over. Ending the game in KKR’s favor as Rana and Co. pulled off a heist at Hyderabad.
Chakaravarthy terminated 8 speck balls out of 18 in the demise overs. The star spinner just released 8 runs in the spell to seal KKR’s shocking success over SRH in the IPL 2023.