Punjab Kings pacer Arshdeep Singh has said that a lot is being made of Odeon Smith’s overthrow which gave Gujarat Titans an extra run and also brought ‘man of the moment’ Rahul Tewatia back on strike, who in the end proved decisive.
Chasing 190, Titans needed 19 runs in the last over. Odeon Smith was tasked with defending the work in the last over, and he started the over well, with a dot ball also running out captain Hardik Pandya. Tewatia, the newcomer at the crease, again managed to take a single and the next ball was hit by David Miller for a boundary to keep Gujarat in the game.
The Proteas batsman could have freed his arms on the next ball but Smith’s overthrow gave Gujarat a run and brought Tewatia back on strike. Tewatia, 28, brilliantly karting Smith over deep mid-wicket, nearly caught him before falling over the rope with a fielder, and then he sweeps the final delivery for a powerful six over the long-on boundary. To snatch the victory of Gujarat Titans from the jaws of defeat against Punjab.
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The overthrow is put to death in the final over, and Odion Smith is being blamed for PBKS’s defeat, conceding the crucial run that put Tewatia on strike. A point there would mean that GT’s best result on PBKS would have been a Super Over.
“If you look back (not just in the last game), there are instances where you want to change things. However, we don’t want to think about match days. Arshdeep said, we look at the next day’s game to discuss the previous day’s game, what we did well and possible areas of improvement.
“I think, these questions are being raised looking at the result. If we had won the match in this situation, we would not have been asked these questions.”
Asked if the players were full of emotion when GT needed two sixes off Smith’s last two balls to win, Arshdeep said his team had taken a lot to panic about in such roller-coaster situations. Have played all the nerve-wracking games.
“PBKS as a unit has played many exciting games over the years. Our feelings are pretty stable now, having played a lot of matches till the last over or even the last delivery. So we don’t see the situation at hand in any way. At any point in time, we try to be stable as a team, whether we win or lose, and enjoy our cricket.”
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