IPL 2018: 5 times a part-time bowler turned a match around

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Nitish Rana's over was the turning-point of the match

#4 Nitish Rana 2/11 against RCB, 2018

Nitish Rana brought KKR back in the match by taking back-to-back wickets
Nitish Rana brought KKR back in the match by taking back-to-back wickets

Nitish Rana had bowled just one over in IPL before yesterday's match. AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli were going berserk when captain Karthik brought him to bowl.

RCB had the momentum on their side, and decided to score maximum runs off Rana's over. After hitting a six off the first ball, de Villiers tried to go for another maximum and was caught by Mitchell Johnson at the boundary.

On the very next ball, Rana bowled out Kohli to tilt the match in KKR's favor. Quick wickets of Kohli and de Villiers cost RCB at least 20 runs, proving to be the difference at the end of the match as KKR defeated RCB by 4 wickets.

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