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Chasing more than 200 in IPL became child’s play
Which team did the chasing feat for the first time
New Delhi. The spectacular season of IPL 2023 continues. There have been many exciting matches in the league so far. If seen, scoring 200 runs in T20 cricket has become common. We get to see this in many T20 leagues. Often in IPL many teams score more than 200 runs but still lose. Today we will tell you when this happened for the first time in IPL, when a team scored more than 200 and the opposing team chased it.
IPL started in India in the year 2008. The ninth match of the league was played between Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals. This was the first match of IPL when a team chased a target of more than 200. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to bowl first and invited Deccan Chargers to bat.
VVS Laxman and Adam Gilchrist came out to open for the Chargers but could not do anything special. Andrew Symonds scored a century while batting at number four. Apart from this, Rohit Sharma’s innings of 30 runs helped Deccan score 214 runs.
The team of Rajasthan Royals who came to chase was under pressure. Because she was going to chase the biggest score in IPL. Gran Smith, who came out to open, scored 71 runs in 45 balls. Apart from this, Yusuf Pathan played a blistering inning of 61 runs in 28 balls. Mohammad Kaif scored 34 runs in 16 balls and Shane Warne scored 22 runs in 9 balls to reach the team’s score of 217 runs and won the match. Please tell that he had won this match in 19.5 overs. After the victory, Yusuf Pathan was given the ‘Player of the Match’ award for taking 2 wickets and scoring a half-century.
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Tags: IPL, Rajasthan Royals, shane warne, yusuf pathan
FIRST PUBLISHED : May 06, 2023, 15:14 IST