RR vs DC | Twitter in splits as Buttler pulls off the England special by deflecting Yashasvi's stroke for four
Ben Stokes produced cricketing imagery burnt into folklore at the 2019 World Cup final when he inadvertently sent a ball to the boundary with a trailing bat. Jos Buttler on Tuesday ensured the move would forever come to be associated with Englishmen as he pulled off something similar at Delhi.
Fireworks from Jake Fraser-McGurk and Abishek Porel at the top of the order followed by a late onslaught from Tristan Stubbs ensured Delhi Capitals set the Rajasthan Royals a steep target of 222 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in a must-win encounter on Tuesday. However, the hosts needed to be wary given the visitors had more than enough artillery in their arsenal, as was on showcase earlier in the season when they had chased down a then-record 220-plus target against the Kolkata Knight Riders. The signs of the same were immediately evident as Yashaasvi Jaiswal kicked off the innings with a boundary albeit in a highly comical fashion.
Up against Khaleel Ahmed, the youngster drove hard at the full-length delivery to dispatch it down the ground with ferocity. However, Jos Buttler was caught unawares by the sheer venom of the shot and could not move out of the ball's way in time. The Kookaburra thus struck the retreating batter's thigh and the deflection completely wrong-footed mid-on who had been charging in straight to stop the ball in its tracks.
The umpire had no choice but to signal a four and the Rajasthan pair were all giggles at the same, echoing Twitterati's response to the hilarious incident,
Just escaped
— Yashji (@Yashji554997) May 7, 2024
Same way
So many times saw jaiswal getting out in the same way in this IPL. #RRvsDC
— Forevercricket (@Forevercri5665) May 7, 2024
Struggle is real
Yashasvi Jaiswal is really struggling to handle short balls in this season.#YashasviJaiswal pic.twitter.com/7aazYBtslJ
— Satish Mishra 🇮🇳 (@SATISHMISH78) May 7, 2024
Bad shots
Jaiswal may not open if he continues to play such bad shots time and time again.
— Shrenik (@tiredddshre) May 7, 2024
Can see VK and Rohit open
Joined the elite squad
Yashasvi Jaiswal just realised that he got selected for T20 WC and joined the Elite list of Non performing players post selection 😎
— Srinivas (@SriniAshNihu) May 7, 2024
All about middle stumps
Shane Watson at the #TheInsiders
— Crypto Cricketer (@cricketcoast) May 7, 2024
commentary :
Jake Fraser Mcgurk is resting because he got hit on his middle stump by Trent Boult 😂
Yashasvi Jaiswal almost hit Jos Buttler's middle stump in the first ball of the innings 🤣#RRvsDC #DCvRR #DCvsRR
Dissappointing
Really disappointed from jaiswal this season, I know you want to play fast but that doesn't mean you will hit any ball, you know there's a huge target so you should play cricketing shots and you are not power hitter, mostly sixes you hit are bcz of your technique. #jaiswal
— Dhruv (@DhruvsBoss) May 7, 2024
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Lets see
So Jaiswal and Rohit are going to open in the WC for India🙂#RRvsDC
— Rohit Sharma (@RohitRaj4822) May 7, 2024
Next era's promise
jaiswal-mcgurk will be the next era's rohit-warner imo
— j (@botcies) May 7, 2024
Gone
Jaiswal dismissed for 4 in 2 balls.#RRvsDC #DCvRR #Jaiswal #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/BR0qNbvo3q
— Mukesh (@Cricketfan72) May 7, 2024