‘Would be Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir without gloves…’: Great England on Harshal Patel’s missed chance for elimination

Harshal Patel’s attempt to overtake Ravi Bishnoi for the non-hitters didn’t quite go according to plan as the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) took a thrilling one-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). ) 2023 game on Monday. Since LSG needed five runs in the last over, Harshal chose two wickets to cut the equation down to one run per ball. The last ball drama at Chinnaswamy Stadium has raised eyebrows among several current and former cricketers.

However, former England captain Eoin Morgan saw a funny side to the incident. He said that if Harshal managed to catch Bishnoy dozing, after the match “Virat Kohli-Gautam Gambhir took off his gloves”.

“I don’t think it was a conscious effort, not for a moment. Harshal Patel was running and must have been shocked to see how far he (Bishnoi was) and missed the run. But if he kicked him out. , it would be an invasion of the field. It would be without the Kohli-Gambir gloves,” Morgan said after the match at Jio Cinema.

Speaking of the match, Nicholas Pouran broke 62 out of 19 balls to inspire LSG to a 213-run chase.

Markus Stoinis had previously scored 65 with 30 balls, but it was the Puran blitz, including seven sixes, that destroyed the RCB.

Previously, Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell won 15 sixes between themselves in Bangalore 212-2 for a total of 27 hits in the match.

Kohli set the tone for Bangalore’s big run by earning his second fifty of the season in the starting stand with 96 runs with Du Plessis.

Maxwell continued to attack after Kohli left, and Du Plessis landed a flurry of six, including a 115m hit, as he also marked his second half century of campaigning.

The efforts of Puran and Stoinis were overshadowed by powerful strikes from Kohli (61), Du Plessis (79 no strikeout) and Maxwell (59) after Bangalore entered the fray first.

(with AFP inputs)