Up until the 15th over of the KKR innings, it looked like there’s no way KKR could lose this match. But then, it’s IPL and anything can take place in between those 22 yards. In the same ‘Anything’ take, would you believe me if I say, Rohit Sharma placed a Test-Match kind of field? Yes, that’s true.
It was the 16th over of the innings and it was Krunak Pandya, with his spin who dismissed Eoin MORGAN very recently in that over. Outcomes, the first innings star for KKR, Andre RUSSELL to bat, and at that time, to pressurize Russell, Rohit placed an unusual fielding for T20 standards.
😍 this field. T20 cricket and there is silly cover & 1st slip. pic.twitter.com/RM6aocaPOp
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) April 13, 2021
So Rohit, showing his excellency in leading the way, placed a slip, a gully, and a silly point. A complete banger of a test-cricket Field and MI almost clinches RUSSELL’s wicket in that overs the last bowl, which was dropped by Krunal himself.
In a time, when Test-cricket’s finding it difficult to survive, this unsolicited promotion of the format was really exciting.
