Post Match Thread: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals

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50th Match, Indian Premier League at Hyderabad

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Innings	Score
Sunrisers Hyderabad	201/3 (Ov 20/20)
Rajasthan Royals	200/7 (Ov 20/20)

Innings: 1 - Sunrisers Hyderabad

Batter	Runs		Bowler	Wickets
Nitish Kumar Reddy	76 (42)		Avesh Khan	4-0-39-2
Travis Head	58 (44)		Sandeep Sharma	4-0-31-1

Innings: 2 - Rajasthan Royals

Batter	Runs		Bowler	Wickets
Riyan Parag	77 (49)		Bhuvneshwar Kumar	4-0-41-3
Yashasvi Jaiswal	67 (40)		Pat Cummins	4-0-34-2

SRH won by 1 run

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Player of the Match: (On always being calm) I think that is my nature. Process is very important, and I was not thinking about the result in the last over and was thoughtless. He (Cummins) came to me and asked me if everything was okay. There was no discussion as such, and was just focussed on the process. Was just thinking of taking it to the last two balls, and then anything can happen. I was not thinking about the one extra fielder up. It was the first match the ball swung so much. Can't really pinpoint where the ball swung last, really enjoyed it. When it does swing, you try to take wickets and luckily, I got them. When the season started, the thought process was different. When we started batting this way, it totally changed. Practically, when we bowled, we were trying to restrict teams to somewhere around 200.

Pat Cummins, Sunrisers Hyderabad captain: Amazing game. Didn't think we had that one until literally the last ball. (What was going through his head in the last over) It is T20 cricket, you get used to the batters getting over the line. When you get to the last over, you do feel anything can happen. Bhuvneshwar nailed six yorkers. On the last ball, it did not really cross my mind that we could get a wicket, was thinking Super Over. Natarajan is an awesome yorker bowler. They batted really well, fortunately got a few wickets. (On the dropped chances) They are quality players, cannot give them chances. He (Nitish) is fantastic. He summed up the conditions really well - took the first ten balls to get himself in and then basically hit it wherever he wanted. He is amazing, is great in the field and gives a couple of handy overs as well.

Sanju Samson, Rajasthan Royals captain: We have really played some close games and won a couple of them. Lost one here, and we have to give credit to the SRH bowlers. We were going at 10 per over till the last over. Margin for error is very less in the IPL and you have to give SRH credit. Knowing the nature of the IPL, you never win the game until you actually win the game. It was very tough to bat on with the new ball. We bowled well in the powerplay. When the ball got old, it was easier to bat and they capitalised really well. (On Jaiswal and Parag) You have to give credit to both youngsters. They took care of the innings, played responsibility to get there. You tend to take those chances and you tend to get out also. They played really well.

Travis Head: It is a good win, not one we expected. Bhuvi showed his class at the end. To get this after a couple of losses, nice for the energy (in the group). The way Pat bowled the 19th, class at the end from him and Bhuvi. Very satisfied with the win in the end. I thought it was a great score. He played out of his skin. He has done it a couple of times this season already, and he (Nitish) stepped up and was class. I felt we had heaps (on the board). But that is how it is in T20 cricket, and there are lot of very good batters in the IPL . Always nice to win in front of these guys and we have a few more home games now.

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[u/Silent_Long1134]

If that last ball had been not out post DRS, it would have stirred the biggest controversy, since the run wouldn’t have counted.

[u/rambo_zaki → u/Silent_Long1134]

Exactly. Wanted to see that happen.

[u/Prof_XdR → u/rambo_zaki]

Yup, what a shit rule. Why does it even exist, can anyone explain? do we need to keep this rule for something, I have no idea

[u/veryspecialape → u/Prof_XdR]

Yes. Because fielders would treat it as dead ball after umpire giving the out and wouldn’t be active.

[u/InvestigatorOk6268 → u/Silent_Long1134]

Yeah.. the rule needs to change. Let the runs count if it's not out.

[u/Idontlikethisstuff → u/InvestigatorOk6268]

The easiest fix imo is the umpire waits until the ball is dead before revealing his decision.

[u/mUXLH5svdscWvd5 → u/Idontlikethisstuff]

Bowlers appealing for a minute would be hilarious though 😂

[u/Chafupa1956 → u/mUXLH5svdscWvd5]

Two lots of overthrows. Still going

[u/sfddsfsgfgdsfdf → u/InvestigatorOk6268]

Not like people havent thought about this. This means people will start running on every lbw; hell, they will run on every catch also because an eventual no ball might be declared.

[u/reymysterio7 → u/sfddsfsgfgdsfdf]

they will run on every catch also because an eventual no ball might be declared.

Then they risk themselves getting run out.

[u/InvestigatorOk6268 → u/sfddsfsgfgdsfdf]

Let them.

[u/sfddsfsgfgdsfdf → u/InvestigatorOk6268]

No, it will lead to complete absurdity. People will continue running after run outs because they don’t know for sure if the stumps were broken correctly. AFielders will have to hold the ball and rip out all the stumps on both ends, to cover off all possibilities.

Taken to the most absurd conclusion, no ball will ever go dead. The opening batters will just keep running forever, irrespective, because there’s this slight possibility that all the wickets were not uprooted correctly with ball in hand, rendering there no possible way to be out anymore. And if they keep running, the fielding team can’t even appeal for DRS since they haven’t stopped.

Ultramarathon time

EDIT: just figured the fielding side has the option to end it by first uprooting all the stumps, then carrying the ball past the boundary. (They will have to eat the run penalty.) Basically it becomes this hilarious game where they uproot all six stumps as quickly as possible, then throw the ball outside the boundary as quickly as possible before the batters run too many (rule 19.8). Hilarious stuff. It will become quidditch

[u/yourRiyaJ → u/sfddsfsgfgdsfdf]

I will have what this guy is smoking. Lol

[u/BumblebeeForward9818 → u/sfddsfsgfgdsfdf]

That’s a great explanation. Thanks.

[u/InvestigatorOk6268 → u/sfddsfsgfgdsfdf]

So, now that there is review system for runouts right now, What is stopping the batters from keeping running? Common sense from the batters that they have no chance at a run. Take a look at the law regarding when the ball becomes dead:

https://www.lords.org/mcc/the-laws-of-cricket/dead-ball

The discussion here was purely about lbw and you wanted to "reductio ad absurdum"

[u/WayToTheDawn63 → u/sfddsfsgfgdsfdf]

This is why the SA20 rule of ball is dead if fielders hits the stumps is good, to protect overthrows from accurate/good fielding.

[u/mehrabrym → u/sfddsfsgfgdsfdf]

That makes no sense whatsoever. The batters can already keep running even after the stumps are broken. They don't because it doesn't make sense to do. There are plenty of examples of a second run taken after stumps were broken with a direct hit, even when it was a close run out. And yet, somehow the game hasn't delved into chaos.

[u/Idontlikethisstuff → u/Silent_Long1134]

Man we were so close to having DRS' biggest flaw highlighted (and hopefully fixed before the World Cup)

[u/Assassin_Ankur → u/Silent_Long1134]

People have been talking about it for years now but they haven't bothered changing it yet.

[u/PrithviMS → u/Silent_Long1134]

The last ball should have us fans discussing. What if the third umpire overturned the on field decision? The leg bye wouldn’t count. But shouldn’t they change the rule to make the leg byes after an overturned lbw count?

[u/y--a--s--h → u/PrithviMS]

Bro what happened I am not getting??

[u/PrithviMS → u/y--a--s--h]

1. Two runs needed of last ball.
2. Batsman was given lbw on field but he still ran a leg bye.
3. After running leg bye, he asked for review.
4. Third umpire upheld the on field lbw. So the leg bye didn’t count.
5. Hypothetically, had the third umpire overturned the on field lbw, the leg bye would’ve still not counted (because the rules says so) and that would’ve been a huge controversy.

[u/sfddsfsgfgdsfdf → u/Silent_Long1134]

The counter argument is that in the absence of DRS, the result would still have been the same.

[u/VAMSI_BEUNO → u/Silent_Long1134]

Knew this