RCB Anju Rawat drop catch, PBKS Odean Smith become hero in IPL 2022
IPL 2022 mega season start. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings are playing against each other in the third match of the IPL 2022. RCB Anju Rawat drop catch, PBKS Odean Smith become hero in IPL 2022.
Anuj Rawat took two great catches during the Punjab Kings’ innings; however, he dropped a sitter of Odean Smith at deep extra cover as the batsman tried to up the tempo of the innings. IPL 2022 has already begun and the third match of the tournament is being played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS). PBKS won the toss and they opted to bowl first.
RCB posted a mammoth total of 205/2 in the first innings. Faf Du Plessis played key role in the big total scoring 88 runs from 57 balls. Virat Kohli also scored unbeaten 41 runs from 29 balls. Punjab Kings started the chase well as they scored 63 runs in the power play without losing any wicket.
Anuj Rawat was impressive in the field taking two good catches of Shikhar Dhawan and Liam Livingstone. However, Rawat dropped a simple catch of Odean Smith who played a cameo in the back end of the innings. In the 17th over of the innings, Smith tried to play an attacking shot to a delivery outside off and lofted it in the air towards deep extra cover. Rawat judged the ball correctly but the ball popped out of his hands.
Mike Hesson, the director of cricket at Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), on Monday admitted that his team were a little bit off the mark in terms of executing their plans with the ball in their opening match of IPL 2022 against Punjab Kings.
In a run-fest at DY Patil Sports Stadium on Sunday, RCB were unable to defend 205 as Punjab chased down the total with an over to spare. Moreover, RCB conceded 22 extras with the ball with pacer Mohammed Siraj giving away 10 of them.
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“We did not execute as well as we know we need to. I think that’s pretty obvious. We were just a little bit off in terms of being able to execute the plans we had in place. Obviously, we missed wide a lot – even though we were going for the wide line, we missed the wide line a few too many times, and we know we didn’t execute as well as we know we need to,” said Hesson in a video posted by the franchise on Twitter.
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