Bhuvneshwar Kumar was handed the Player of the Match award for his bowling spell in the SRH vs RR clash on Monday. However, Bhuvi returned expensively his performance in the final over bagged SRH a narrow victory.
Bhuvi was assigned to defend 13 runs in 6 deliveries which he successfully achieved and led SRH to win the match by just 1 run.
Though Powell struck a boundary off the 3rd delivery, Bhuvi kept his cool and bowled the remaining three deliveries.
While speaking during the post-match presentation, Bhuvneshwar Kumar said “I think that’s my nature, I wasn’t thinking much about the result in the last over. There was no discussion in the last over, was just focussed on the process. Was thinking just about bowling two good balls, anything could have happened”.
“I wasn’t thinking much, was just focussed on the process. The ball swung so much today, can’t really pinpoint, really enjoyed bowling. Luckily got wickets today. When the season started my thought process was different but it changed when the batters played in such a way.
My thought process changed completely to be honest (from the time the time the season started to today.)”, he added.
With the victory, SRH registered their narrowest margin victory by runs in Indian Premier League.
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Narrowest margin of win for SRH in IPL (by runs)
- 1 run vs RR Hyderabad 2024 *
- 2 runs vs PK Mullanpur 2024
- 3 runs vs MI Mumbai WS 2022
- 4 runs vs DC Dubai 2014
- 4 runs vs RPS Vizag 2016
- 4 runs vs RCB Abu Dhabi 2021
With the victory, SRH moved to fourth position in the IPL 2024 points table with an NRR of +0.072 which is the lowest compared to the top 3 teams in the table. Sunrisers will play their next match of the season against Mumbai Indians on May 6 in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
