Biggest Moments in the 2017 IPL
The Mumbai
Indians have become the 1st team to come first in the Indian Premier
League 3 times this year, after they beat the Rising Pune Supergiant in what
was a classic final. The showdown took place at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi
International Cricket Stadium on Sunday the 11th of June 2017.
This year’s
IPL extended over 56 days, and although the Mumbai Indians’ win was narrow,
with just 1 run, it was complete, and secured them the title. This win has seen
the 3rd victory for Rohit Sharma’s team, and there were a number of
special moments along the way.
The Last Over Exploits of Mitchell Johnson
Mitchell
Johnson was the bowler in charge of the thrilling last over which helped the
Mumbai Indians take the title for the IPL 2017, and the NZ betting sites offering markets for this game saw enormous amounts of money
changing hands when the final results were revealed.
Rising Pune
Supergiant were running after 130 in this game, and required 11 off of the last
over –Johnson was put in charge of this task. Things got off to a bad start
when he was hit for a 4 on the first ball, and thanks to the equation now
reading 7 off 5, he took 2 key wickets, the first off Manoj Tiwary and the 2nd
off of Steve Smith, the latter smashing a 50. With 7 now needed off 3,
Washington Sundar managed to steal a bye. In the second last ball, Johnson went
on to fire a pinpoint yorker, and the only thing the batsman could do was
squeeze out a couple. When he tried for a 3rd he suffered a run-out,
and Johnson thus became the author of one of the Indians’ most memorable wins.
The IPL Hat-Trick Day of April 14th
The bowler
for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Samuel Badree, was the player to pick up
the 1st hat-trick for this year’s IPL, and he did so on the 14th
of April 2017.
This day, in
fact, marked a unique feat: there were 2 games, and both of these featured a
hat-trick.
The 1st was between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and
the Mumbai Indians, belonging to Samuel Badree, and, immediately after, during
the game which took place between the Gujarat Lions and the Rising Pune
Supergiant in Rajkot, Andrew Tye, an Australian pacer, not only responded, but
went 1 better, when he totalled not only a hat-trick, but also the 1st
5-wicket haul for the competition.
The RCB Fall from Grace
Royal
Challengers Bangalore, led by Virat Kohli, was the team to be bowled out for
the lowest total in the IPL’s history, at 49. Up
until this point, RCB had managed to hold on to the record for the IPL’s
highest-ever score, thanks to the 263/5 they managed in the IPL 2013 matchup
against the Sahara Pune Warriors on the 23rd of April that year.
There are
sure to be plenty more big moments in IPL and fans are waiting to see what’s
next in the offing.
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