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“2 runs short of century, 1 run short of orange cap” – Twitter reacts as Yashasvi Jaiswal powers Rajasthan Royals to an imperious win over Kolkata Knight Riders

by
Rohit Sarkar
May 11, 2023

The 56th game of the IPL 2023 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals witnessed so many bright things from the Royals’ perspective. RR head coach and Director of Cricket Operations, Kumar Sangakkara deserve all the credit for backing and supporting the youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Yashasvi Jaiswal turned into an absolute beast while playing against Kolkata Knight Riders. He started the game by smashing 26 runs in the first over of the game and there was no stopping him since then.

The young southpaw went about his business and hit the fastest fifty in the history of the IPL. He surpassed KL Rahul’s record of 14-ball fifty by smashing a fifty in just 13 balls. He also became the first player from India to score more than 500 runs in IPL 2023.

Yashasvi Jaiswal powers Rajasthan Royals to an imperious win over Kolkata Knight Riders

Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders didn’t really put up a good total on the board. The two-time IPL champions posted 149/8 in their designated quota of 20 overs. Venkatesh Iyer scored 57 off 42 balls including 2 fours and 4 sixes.

In response, Rajasthan Royals largely benefitted from the services of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson. The duo added a century partnership off just 58 balls. Overall, the duo added an unbeaten 121-run stand for the second wicket.

Yashasvi Jaiswal remained unbeaten on 98 off 47 balls where he composed his innings with the help of 13 boundaries and five hits over the fence at a strike rate of 208.51. On the other hand, Sanju Samson remained unbeaten on 48 off 29 balls including 2 fours and 5 sixes. RR beat KKR by nine wickets in just 13.1 overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders’ playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Rajasthan Royals’ playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal

2 runs short of century, 1 run short of orange cap

— Vhagar 🐲 (@edho__ala) May 11, 2023

Great innings by soon to be great player, well done jaiswal……

— Piyush (@himanshkc40024) May 11, 2023

If Jaiswal plays only half as good as this for India whenever he gets a chance, he will be a legend in less than 10 years!

— Sumit Agarwal 🇮🇳 (@sumitagarwal_IN) May 11, 2023

Missed a well deserving hundred but RunRate is important too

— Freak (@soul_freak80) May 11, 2023

Jaiswal in his Ultra Instinct mode 🔥🔥.
Raw Talent pic.twitter.com/ZouUM6Y28z

— CMA Monesh (@Cmamonesh) May 11, 2023

Scintillating batting show from Jaiswal who was well supported by Samson.RR played their top game today be it their bowling led by Yuzi ,batting led by Jaiswal or fielding!

— Pooh (@ThodaYehThodaWo) May 11, 2023