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Delhi Capitals won the match in the last over over Hyderabad Sunrisers.
Mukesh Kumar of Bihar ruined the dreams of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Gopalganj. In the 34th match of IPL-2023, Gopalganj’s fast bowler Mukesh Kumar showed his bowling skills. In the last over of the match, Delhi Capitals bowler Mukesh Kumar stopped the arrogance of the Sunrisers Hyderabad team batsmen by putting yorker balls one after the other. Mukesh Kumar’s bowling gave the Delhi Capitals team a 7-run win. As soon as the news of the second victory of the Delhi Capitals team came, a wave of happiness ran in Mukesh’s house.
The process of congratulating Mukesh Kumar by the cricket lovers of Gopalganj continues. Satyaprakash Navrottam, assistant manager of Bihar Cricket Association and former Gopalganj, told that in the match, the Delhi Capitals team scored 144 runs while batting first. It was not a difficult task for the Sunrisers to chase down a target of 145 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, but Delhi’s fast bowler and Lal Mukesh Kumar of Kakadkund village in Gopalganj gave his team the match by 7 runs, performing strong bowling.
At the same time, Manchet Singh, the elder brother of cricketer Mukesh Kumar, who has a special interest in cricket, told that the Sunrisers team had to score 13 runs in the last over against Delhi to win. At the same time, Captain David Warner handed the ball to Mukesh Kumar to defend it. Washington Sundar and Marco Jansen were at the crease for the Sunrisers. Mukesh made the last 6-ball match exciting and gave victory to the Delhi Capitals team. On hearing the news of victory, family members including mother Malti Devi, uncle jumped with joy.
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Mukesh’s last 6 balls
Mukesh Kumar came down to bowl the last over from Delhi Capitals. Washington Sundar was on strike on the first ball of the last over. Mukesh Kumar bowled him wide off, which he hit for two runs at extra cover. Mukesh Kumar also kept the second ball away from Sundar, although the batsman tried to hit the bat with the ball but he got beaten.
The excitement had increased on the third ball, but somehow Sundar managed to take only one run on this ball. After this, Marco Janson got the strike, but now Sunrisers had to score 10 runs in 3 balls, for which a boundary was needed on the fourth ball, but Janson could only take one run.
Sunrisers now had to make 9 in two balls, but Sundar could only take one run on the fifth ball. With this the victory of Delhi was confirmed. On the last ball, Mukesh Kumar bowled a ball to Jenson without making any mistake, on which Jenson could not take a single run and thus the Delhi team won the match by 7 runs on the last ball.
Delhi bought Mukesh for 5.5 crores
Please tell that Mukesh Kumar was bought by Delhi Capitals in the auction for Rs 5.5 crore. Mukesh Kumar, who plays domestic cricket for West Bengal, is a resident of Kakarkund village in Gopalganj district of Bihar. Mukesh Kumar made his first class debut by playing Ranji Trophy in 2015-16. In that season, he took 20 wickets in 5 matches while playing for Bengal. He has played debut ODI match with Indian team before IPL.
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Tags: Bihar News, Gopalganj News, IPL News, Sunrisers Hyderabad
FIRST PUBLISHED : April 25, 2023, 13:05 IST