Rahul Tewatia kept his promise.
He had told his captain Steve Smith that he would hit three sixes off Sheldon Cottrell. He hit five in fact, all in one over.
Stunning onslaught
That stunning onslaught on the West Indies left-arm pacer turned Sunday night’s IPL match on its head. Tewatia’s 53 (31b, 7×6) powered Rajasthan Royals to a historic, four-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab at Sharjah.
The 27-year-old from Haryana may have taken the world by shock, but not his teammates. “We have seen in the nets what we saw in the Cottrell over,” said Smith.
“We had a competition to determine who would hit most sixes in an over and Tewatia hit four or five,” said Sanju Samson, whose 42-ball 85 set up Royals’ audacious chase.
When Samson fell at the start of the 17th over, it had looked virtually curtains for Royals, whose fans would have rather preferred to see the back of Tewatia.
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