Nitish Rana breaks silence on being snubbed in RR’s tremendous over

IPL 2025 noticed its first Tremendous Over in a nail-biting encounter between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. After each groups ended their innings with scores stage at 188, the match went into the decider, which DC received in an exhilarating end.

Nitish Rana on not coming for tremendous over

Regardless of taking part in an important function in RR’s chase with a 51 off 28 balls, Nitish Rana was not chosen to bat within the Tremendous Over. As an alternative, RR opted for Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who managed solely 11 runs earlier than shedding two wickets. DC then chased the goal of 12 runs in simply 4 balls.

On the post-match press convention, Rana clarified the decision-making course of: “The administration takes the decision, not one particular person. The captain is there together with two different senior gamers and coaches. If Shimron Hetmyer had hit two sixes, you then wouldn’t be asking this query.” He mentioned that cricket is a “result-oriented sport” and choices are made based mostly on discussions among the many administration and help workers.

“One particular person by no means takes such calls. Administration and help workers is there to debate such issues. If the choice was in our favour, then your query would have been totally different. Cricket is a result-oriented sport. If Sandeep Sharma had bowled properly within the Tremendous Over, which he has executed up to now. On this scenario, he was most definitely the bowler for us. We have been one large shot much less. We have been concentrating on 15 runs within the Tremendous Over.” he added.

Delhi Capitals received the match

The match noticed Delhi Capitals driving late cameos from captain Axar Patel, Tristan Stubbs, and Ashutosh Sharma to publish 188/5 on a sluggish pitch. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Nitish Rana tried to take RR to victory, however the sport went right into a Tremendous Over due to Mitchell Starc’s efficient defence of 9 runs within the ultimate over.

Within the Tremendous Over, Starc held RR to 11 runs. Regardless of a no-ball boundary, each Shimron Hetmyer and Riyan Parag have been run out in fast succession, leaving KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs to finish the chase for DC. They managed the duty effectively, sealing DC’s victory with Stubbs hitting a six. After this win, Delhi is sitting on the highest of the desk at the moment with 10 factors.