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DC VS RR IPL 2025: Nitish Rana defended the bowling to Sandeep Sharma in the super over against Delhi Capitals and credited Mitchell Starc for Delhi’s return.
Why Sandeep Sharma of Jofra Archer did super over
Highlights
- Delhi Capitals won in super over from Rajasthan Royals
- Rajasthan threw super over from Sandeep instead of Archer
- Nitish Rana defends verdict after defeat
New Delhi: There is a lot of debate against New Zealand on the selection of Sandeep Sharma in place of England’s Jofra Archer, who has put a super over in the ICC World Cup final. Fans of Rajasthan Royals are neither able to digest defeat against Delhi Capitals nor bowling Sandeep Sharma instead of Joffra in the super over.
In the match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium on the night of 16 April, Jofra Archer bowled effectively but the team entrusted the responsibility of bowling in the super over to Sandeep. Nitish, who had won 51 runs with six fours and two sixes in 28 balls for Rajasthan Royals in the match, said that if we had won, there would not have been so many things.
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Nitish Rana said, ‘Who to send for bowling or batting is never a decision of a person. The team management and Sahayogi staff along with the captain and senior players discuss everything and then decide.
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Nitish Rana said, ‘If Sandy (Sandeep) had won us, then no one asks this question. I think Sandy was the most suitable bowler in this situation. Similarly, if our batsmen had won us, then who landed for batting would not have been talked about. Shimron Hetmyer is our finisher and he has won the match. We scored less runs in batting, if we had been scored for 15 runs, then things would have been different.
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Nitish credited Stark for getting Delhi back in the match. Nitish said, ‘It was not easy to bat on this wicket. The new batsman was having some trouble because the ball was also coming to a standstill. Stark bowled brilliantly. The acceptance of the use of saliva has made a lot of difference. He gets full credit for the reverse swing that Stark achieved.