IPL 2022: I Got Pretty Lucky, Josh Hazlewood On His Very Wide Ball Not Being Called Wide

Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer Josh Hazlewood said he “got pretty lucky” with his extremely wide ball that was not called wide by the umpire prompting Marcus Stoinis’s wicket in their IPL match against Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday.

Pursuing 182, Stoinis got out in the second ball of the nineteenth over after he shuffled a lot outside off, an act incited by the past Hazlewood ball that landed practically off the pitch. With Stoinis stepping away across, the pacer went past the tramline and bowled it way outside off however the umpire, rather than calling it wide, considered the ball legitimate, much to the hitter’s embarrassment.

Might Have To Give Him A Beer After That: Josh Hazelwood Jokes On Umpiring Error

“I tried to turn around and get back to my mark as quick as I could. I got pretty lucky on that one so I might have to get him a beer after that,” Hazlewood said at the post-match presentation ceremony. Hazlewood wrapped up with incredible figures of 4/25 as RCB arose comfortable victors by 18 runs.

Grateful That I Could Do That: Faf Du Plessis On His 96-Run Knock

RCB captain Faf du Plessis had his influence with a fine 96, lifting them to 181 for six after early hiccups. The 37-year-old former South Africa captain was tiring however he carried on until practically the finish of their innings.

“I got a few 96, and a 97, so hopefully (a ton) is around the corner. We needed someone to stabilize the innings and then get going at the back end. Today, grateful that I could do it. Important that I am able to follow my blueprint of batting.

“If you bowled slow into the wicket to the big boundary, it never felt like you had enough power to clear that boundary. I was tired, but was still hoping that I could hit some at the end,” du Plessis said.

Gave Away Too Many Runs In The Powerplay Despite Getting Early Wickets: LSG captain KL Rahul

“I think we started really well after getting two wickets in the first over, to give away 50 in the Powerplay, we should have done better. 180 on that pitch was 15 or 20 runs extra that we gave away,” KL Rahul said.

“The pitch was sticky. We got the early breakthroughs we were looking for but we couldn’t squeeze in the middle. We needed one big partnership – We saw what Faf did for RCB – I think we needed one batter in the top three or four to play long innings and for other batters to play around with him but we couldn’t get that.”

RCB will face the in-form SRH in their next game of the IPL 2022 on Saturday.

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