Lockie Ferguson, on Wednesday (May 22), came up with an absolute gem of delivery to castle Tom Kohler-Cadmore in the ongoing Playoff between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Asked to bat first, RCB finished their innings with a competitive total of 172 for 8 in the allotted 20 overs. Rajat Patidar was RCB’s top scorer with 34, while Virat Kohli (33) and Mahipal Lomror (32) also played crucial knocks. For RR, Avesh Khan picked up three wickets while Ravichandran Ashwin claimed two wickets.
In response, RR made a good start with the bat. With Jos Buttler no longer available, Tom Kohler-Cadmore came out to open the innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal. The duo did not allow RCB to take any wickets in the first five overs before Lockie Ferguson came into the attack.
And the New Zealand pacer made an instant impact by castling Tom Kohler-Cadmore to give RCB their much-needed first breakthrough. On the third ball of the sixth over, the right-arm pacer cleanly bowled RR’s opener with a stunning yorker. It was a slower Yorker from Ferguson and Kohler-Cadmore was completely outwitted. The right-handed batsman departed after scoring 20 runs off 15 balls.
Watch Lockie Ferguson clean Tom Kohler-Cadmore’s bowls:
He crashed into the stumps! 🔥
Royal Challengers Bengaluru make first breakthrough as Lockie Ferguson attacks ⚡️⚡️
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Talking about the game, RR were 85 for 2 at the end of the 10th over. In the 10th over, Cameron Green dismissed Jaiswal for 45 to give RCB another crucial breakthrough. Captain Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag were batting in the middle order for RR at the time of writing this report.
RR will hope that in-form batsmen take them to a strong position in the chase. The winner of the current match will play in the second qualifier for a place in the final, while the loser will be eliminated. The winner of the Playoff will face Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second qualifier. Kolkata Knight Riders have already booked their place in the final.
