“The left-handed opener the Indian team needs”, Twitter errupts as Yashasvi Jaiswal scores 60 runs off 31 balls against Delhi Capitals

Young Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal dominated Delhi Capitals’ Khaleel Ahmed in the opening over, setting the tone for a dominant performance by the Rajasthan Royals. In the most costly opening over in IPL 2023, Jaiswal hit the Delhi Capitals pacer for five boundaries.

Delhi captain David Warner asked Rajasthan to bat first on a batting-friendly surface in Guwahati after the team’s last trip ended in a dismal defeat to the Punjab Kings. The choice to bowl left-arm bowler Khaleel Ahmed backfired for the seasoned Australian opener, who gave up 20 runs in the first over.

In the match against Punjab, Jaiswal hit a six off the first ball, while in the match against Delhi, he hit Khaleel for a boundary. He hit the next two balls out of the park for fours, giving him a perfect game. Two more boundaries were added to the southpaw’s total against the pacer in the over.

Jos Buttler, his senior partner, watched the first over unfold from the other end and then joined the fun by hitting Anrich Nortje for a hat trick of fours. After milking 68 runs in the powerplay, the dynamic combination added 50 runs in only four overs, which threatens to catapult their team to a big first innings total. When faced with a challenging opportunity to eliminate Rajasthan’s talisman, Delhi’s Nortje flubbed it. The English opener posed a threat to Delhi’s bowling attack.

Jaiswal scored 60 runs from 31 balls, he has 2 fifties from just 3 innings in IPL 2023. 

Playing XIs

Delhi Capitals: David Warner(c), Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw, Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Abishek Porel(w), Anrich Nortje, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar

Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal

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Twitter Reacts:

@ybj_19 has the game but he needs score hundred. From humble background he has done well. Needs be hungry like Brain Lara. I see Rituraj Gaewad and Yashshavi Jaiswal as good opening combo with Gill as backup opener for India. @wvraman https://t.co/tvFaTRj0p3

— RK (@trkbins) April 8, 2023

Superb Innings, with such opening Talents around Indian team still opens with Rohit :)))

— rombanallaver (@rombanallaver) April 8, 2023

The left handed opener Indian team deserves but we are stuck with Fraud Ishan

— Dr Tapesh Jain (@tapeshj15234944) April 8, 2023

Should open with Ruturaj in T20s

— 😈 (@nammavarkhtncm) April 8, 2023

In T20 jaiswal >> 40 ball 50 Player

— 🧑‍🎄 (@hrathod__) April 8, 2023

Better opener than Nishan kishan 🙌

— Atul Sharma (@a__sharma2798) April 8, 2023