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00:00What a cracker of a match. You know what? I have seen many matches. All the matches here in this IPL almost have gone to the last tour or through the distance.
00:08But this match where you saw one young bloke.
00:20Good evening, everyone. This is the Straight Bad with Gulf News and Mr. Cricket UAE. That is Anish Sajjan.
00:26We are here to discuss a dramatic game in the IPL that is the very unlikely victory of Guntat
00:32Titans against Sunrisers Hyderabad. To tell us more about it, let's head over to Anish.
00:39Good evening, Shyam. Hello, Satish. Hello, Samruth. What a cracker of a match. You know what? I have
00:45seen many matches. All the matches here in this IPL almost have gone to the last tour or through
00:51the distance. But this match where you saw one young bloke, a 21-year-old guy, Umran Malik,
00:57picking up five wickets and then tending to be on the losing side after 25 or 27 runs were scored
01:02of Jansen Zewa. What a match. I believe the match of the tournament. Certainly, without a doubt,
01:09we have with us Samruth Riker who is a hardcore Sunrisers Hyderabad fan. My commiseration, Samruth,
01:17I mean, it was a Hyderabad match till the last over, I thought. But you know,
01:22with Savartai around, you know, nothing is impossible. What do you make of the match?
01:27Did you at any point think that you guys would lose? Well, I think it is a great game of cricket.
01:34But I think Kane Williamson missed the trick by not bowling one over of Aiden Markram or
01:38Shashank Singh. That would have covered up the four overs of Marco Jansen, which would have
01:42allowed Bhuvaneshwar Kumar or Natarajan to bowl that over in the last over. But I think all in
01:47all, a great game of cricket. And very, very happy for Umran Malik. Not just as a Sunrisers point of
01:52view, but also from an Indian point of view. It was so great to watch an Indian pass a ball like
01:58that, you know. And his celebration of Dale Steyn, you know, it was absolutely brilliant. A great
02:02game of cricket. But unfortunately, as a Sunrisers fan, we could not just make it. But a great game
02:07of cricket. Satish, did Williamson miss a trick by keeping Jansen for the final over?
02:16I think so, Shami. You get certain clues when you bowl first or bat first,
02:23the first innings. If you look at the last over, it costed something like 26 runs for Gujarat.
02:31Both of them say same number of runs.
02:3326, I think. 26. Two singles. Okay, 25 runs. So in that case, a fast bowler coming and bowling
02:41the last over becomes very easy to hit because the wicket was brilliant. And that's where
02:46Umran Malik's, that spell becomes even more excellent because exceptional rather,
02:52because it was not a wicket for the bowlers. It was a pure batting wicket. So I think Ken
02:58Williamson should have taken a little cue from there and given somebody else who bowls a little
03:04slower. Of course, on this wicket, there was no purchase for spinners. Rashid Khan was belched
03:10all over the park. But I think there is not much of an option also available, if you look at it.
03:16So it's either way, you can look at it either way. But overall, it's a brilliant game.
03:21And staying on with the topic of captaincy, did Williamson introduce Umran Malik too late in the
03:32match? Because he came only in the 8th over. And by then, Saha had given Gujarat a flying start.
03:40You know what, Shyam? Generally, he comes after the powerplay. So instead of the 7th over,
03:45he came in the 8th over. And let's be very honest, whatever he did and whenever he came
03:51on to bowls, he bowled the 7th and the 9th over and probably the 13th and the 15th.
03:55And every over, he picked up a wicket. So you can't now point fingers that he was brought late.
04:02Let's accept it that it was Umran Malik's day for that match. And he brought Sunrisers back into
04:08the game because Gujarat was running away with the run rate. Because he picked up crucial wickets at
04:14right time, this match went to the last over. Otherwise, probably Gujarat would have won it
04:18hands down. Actually, several, several people played their part in this. Because if you look
04:25at it, the height of the match wouldn't have reached this total if it was not for Shashank's
04:32success in Lockheed Ferguson's over. I mean, who is Shashank? Tell us more about Shashank Samruz.
04:44Samruz, it's for you.
04:45Yeah, yeah. He was with the Rajasthan Royals since 2019, I guess. He played for them for
04:50two years. But he did not get an opportunity to play in the XI. He was always known as someone
04:55who can clear the fence. You know, he's actually playing instead of Abdul Samad, whom Sunrisers
05:00backed for that particular role. But unfortunately, we could not get the result out of Abdul Samad.
05:04I think that's the reason why Shashank Singh came in for Abdul Samad. But since Aiden Markram,
05:10Rahul Tripathi and Nicholas Curran were doing so well for us, you know, we've been chasing
05:14for all the seven games. And because of the form that Tripathi and Markram have shown,
05:19he did not get a chance to prove himself. But today, he got the chance and he just showed why
05:24he's rated so highly in the Sunrisers camp. And hopefully, he can continue that form for us. And
05:28we finally have found a good finisher.
05:32Satish, a lot of good performances in this match. Mohammad Shami's brilliant spell,
05:36then you have Abhishek and Markram, fantastic partnership. Then you have Saha blazing away,
05:41then you have Umran Malik, and finally, the Devavtya Rashid Khan show.
05:48Did you at any point think that it would reach such a climax?
05:52In a way, yes. In a way, no. Because the 25 runs in the last over gave that cushion to Sunrisers.
06:02And if you look at it in the last final overs, the margin was coming closer almost to that 25
06:09runs in that over. The difference was that 25 runs, it was coming so close. So, I thought,
06:16no, yes, it would be. But again, I didn't expect both teams could go on and score the same number
06:23of runs in the last over. It was very difficult to predict. But I was expecting Gujarat to bounce
06:29back. Because I'll have to say here, I'm pretty much, pretty much impressed with the way Hardik
06:35Pandya has done everything here. The way he has approached it, the bowling, the changes, the
06:41batting. I think even the post-match, he went on to say, Hardik is pretty cool and we don't have
06:48any pressure. So, I think that's where the team is gelling well. And obviously, that performance
06:55is coming out on their feet. Anish, did you at any point think that Hyderabad would lose?
07:02No, not… No, yes. Throughout the chase, these guys were ahead of the run rate. Till the last
07:09over, they are ahead of the run rate of what this guy scored. And just to, you know, differing from
07:15what Satish said about Hardik Pandya. When you win, things look good. But you have seen Hardik
07:20also rattled once. He got angry with Shami. And then, let's be very honest, he was rattled by this
07:26pacer. And he wanted to prove a point to the pacer and went for the big shot. A smart captain would
07:31have made sure that you play out that good bowler and take the game deep, which he has been doing in
07:36all the matches. He wanted to prove a point that he is the boss. This is a big lesson for any
07:40cricketer who is watching the game of cricket. When you know somebody is bowling at 150 and who
07:45has his day, give him the respect. Whether it is Miller, whether it is Pandya. Okay, we can understand
07:50Saha was in his flow. So, he could have still taken that chance. But guys like Pandya and Miller
07:55just had to give him the support. Even for sake, Shubman Gill. He is a class act. Why would you try
08:00to slog somebody by playing shots which are not your textbook shots? In the long run, this is
08:07going to cost Team India. I am talking because of Team India. Because when there is a situation,
08:12you got to use your mind overhead. You cannot be going after, but there is one guy already
08:17going after. Give respect and take the single. You will get the other overhand which you got
08:21today in Janssen. But this will not happen every time.
08:25But again, to take it from what Anil Bhaiya said, we will have to see how Umran Malik responds
08:36without getting a wicket. Because of late, he has been getting wickets because the batter has been
08:41going after him, trying to score after him. And of course, some of the deliveries were
08:44unplayable. That's a different one. But that first wicket spurs him on quite, quite well.
08:50So we need to look at how he handles if he doesn't get the wicket
08:54early on in the spell. I think that is something which I would like to see.
09:01Sabudraikar, this is not a defeat when you don't have to be too disappointed because
09:08Hyderabad fought all the way. It was a player game for some time. And you can take pride even
09:15in this loss. So how do you think Hyderabad will progress from here?
09:22I think one thing is that we changed in all of the games. So this was a bit of
09:27switch around for us to bat first and then set a total. I think we had enough runs on the board
09:32and we also bowled well. But just one of those days where your premier bowler just went for runs.
09:37Mapo Janssen for us was brilliant till this particular game. Especially against the game
09:43against RCB, he was brilliant. But a good learning curve for Mapo Janssen as well. I think
09:48there are a lot of positives to take away from this game. The form of Shashank Singh, Aiden Markram
09:53and Abhishek Sharma. Although Kane Williamson's form is a bit of a worry for us. If Kane Williamson
09:59can bounce back to the Kane Williamson we know, I think we will be back on track in the next game.
10:05Samrat, one point I would like to counter yours. This is the first match Sunrisers bowled.
10:12And the famed bowling line-up, excepting Umran Malik. None of the bowlers were on target. They
10:19were all hit across the park. Is it a lesson that every team should bat first, rather make
10:27Sunrisers bat first and then chase? Is it something which we have to look at?
10:32Well, first of all, I think they should win the toss. Because Kane Williamson is very lucky with
10:35the toss. He has been winning all the tosses. This is the first time he lost the toss.
10:40And that has opened a new genre of Sunrisers form, isn't it?
10:47But I think we have got a very strong bowling line-up. I think this is just one of those days
10:52where our premier bowler, like I said, did not blink. And we still have a really great bowling
10:57line-up. I think we will be able to defend scores going forward. So, I think just one of those days.
11:03I will wait and see. I will wait and watch next time when Sunrisers is going to defend.
11:07Yes, there is plenty of games yet to come. Let's wait and watch. But yesterday,
11:13three of us picked Sunrisers to win. And only Satish, you picked Gujarat to win. So, kudos to
11:19you. But there are more predictions coming for our readers. Aniz, let us know about the competition,
11:24please.
11:25Oh, yeah, Satish. I tell you, predicting a winner in this IPL is like a lottery. You cannot know
11:32who is going to win. But that's the beauty about the game. And you have been given this opportunity
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11:46guys. Don't wait for Christmas.
11:51So, that brings us to our predictions tomorrow. Who is playing tomorrow?
11:58Delhi KKR.
12:00Delhi KKR.
12:02Delhi KKR.
12:04Delhi KKR. Let's pick our winners for tomorrow. Samarth, you go first today.
12:06I am backing Delhi. I think we have our David Warner in there. So, for David Warner, I am supporting Delhi tomorrow.
12:18Satish, you?
12:20I would have actually picked Delhi. But something tells me that go for KKR.
12:22Okay, we have 1-1. Aniz, what about you?
12:24I have backed them from day one to win the trophy. I know they are not even in the hunt for the play-off. But still, I will back Delhi.
12:26Yeah, it's pretty much the same, guys. The KSV.
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