SRH vs RR: Watch - Shimron Hetmyer’s Windy Knock Of 32 Ended By A Beauty Of A Ball From T Natarajan

Shimron Hetmyer of Rajasthan Royals (RR) played a blinder of a knock for his team in his first match in the pink and blue as RR faced off against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their first match of the IPL 2022. However, his knock was ended by T Natarajan who bowled a beauty to send him back.

Kane Williamson of SRH won the toss and chose to bowl first as the two teams clashed in the MCA stadium in Pune. Sunrisers included Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, and Romario Shepherd as their foreign players. On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals (RR) had Jos Buttler, Trent Boult, Shimron Hetmyer, and Nathan Coulter-Nile as their overseas contingent.

T Natarajan Gets Shimron Hetmyer Out With A Pinpoint Trademark Yorker

Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave RR a flying start adding 58 runs in 6 overs. This included Jos Buttler getting a life after Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed him on a no ball. Jaiswal fell for 20 in 16 balls, while Buttler carried on to make 35 with 3 fours and 3 sixes before being dismissed by Umran Malik.

Sanju Samson then carried the assault with 55 in just 27 balls with 5 sixes and 3 fours to his name, before Bhuvneshwar had him caught by Abdul Samad near the boundary. Devdutt Padikkal, batting at no.4, made 41 in 29 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes and impressed everyone despite opening for RCB for two seasons.

But the finishing touches came from West Indian Shimron Hetmyer, who smashed 32 in 13 balls with 3 sixes and 2 fours to his name. He took on both pacers and spinners, but his knock was ended when T Natarajan bowled his perfect yorker and Hetmyer missed his shot in the last over of RR innings.

RR finished on 210/6 while, Umran Malik with 2/39 and T Natarajan with 2/43 were the pick of SRH bowlers.

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Check out Shimron Hetmyer’s wicket here: