On Tuesday, Shaard Thakur did on Tuesday through Bowling the length of the league, as he presented a dramatic ball 11 ball during the clash of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) with Kolkata Knight Rides (KKR).
Thakur, who replaced Mohsin Khan in the LSG squad for this season, retracted the thirteenth place of KKR’s Run Chase, during which he handed over five sides on his first five balls, which is a rare and fun achievement.
This became third in the history of IPL, where 11 balls were cleaned, after Tushar Deshpande ended against LSG in Chennai and Mohamed Siraj against Mumbai’s Indians in Bangaluru, both in 2023.
Despite the early chaos of more than that, Thakur ended this in a high note of LSG by rejecting Ajinkya Rahane of 61 of 35 balls, harmonious 13 runs. Rahan was out of the last ball from more, and Thakur continued with the Wikit at his next end, and André Russell refused for seven.
Thakur’s final numbers stood on 2/52, although he made a quarter of eight sides by his talisman. Although he has ended, he was not the most expensive football player in LSG, as Avesh Khan got 55 runs in his four surplus.
Long longer in IPL (by balls):
11 balls – Tushar Deshpande Vs LSG, Chennai, 2023
11 balls – Mohamed Serag v. Mi, Bangaluru, 2023
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