Punjab Kings (PBKS) pacer Kagiso Rabada brought his team roaring back into the game against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Saturday, April 13 by dismissing opposition skipper Sanju Samson with a smart change-up.
Samson's eyes lit up after seeing a back-of-the-length delivery from Rabada and he got into a position to thrash it toward the leg side. However, the South African speedster bowled a leg-cutter that gripped into the pitch and didn't bounce as much as Samson would have expected.
Beaten for bounce, the ball trapped Sanju Samson right in front and Kagiso Rabada was fired up when the on-field umpire adjudged the batter as out. Samson asked for a review, but as soon as the replays showed that there was no bat involved, the Royals skipper began to walk back to the pavilion as he knew he was truck in front.
Here's the video of the dismissal:
It was brilliant captaincy from the stand-in skipper Sam Curran to bring Rabada into the attack and bowl him out rather than old his overs back as the star speedster got the well-set RR captain.
Kagiso Rabada's spell keeps PBKS in the hunt
With the target being just 148, Punjab needed the experienced bowlers in their line-up to step up and show their quality. That's exactly what Kagiso Rabada produced with his sensational figures of 2/18.
The South African speedster was initially pretty economical and put pressure on the visitors' upfront. He then came back into the attack and scalped the big wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal just when the southpaw's partnership with Samson seemed to take the Royals into the driver's seat.
Rabada has caused more chaos with Samson's wicket and out of nowhere has brought PBKS pretty close to what could be an absolute heist. The two teams have once again produced an absolute humdinger.
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