The 47th ball of KKR’s inning against Punjab Kings is under question. The 47th ball means the 5th ball of the 8th over, which was putting Yuzvendra Chahal. What happened on that ball of KKR’s inning shocked everyone. The question arose on that ball because what happened was strange. And, this happened after two balls after Rahane’s wicket fell.
What happened on the 47th ball of KKR’s inning?
Kolkata Knight Riders had 62 runs for 3 wickets, when the surprising incident happened on the field. KKR batsman Venkatesh Iyer was on strike, while Chahal was on bowling. Venkatesh sweeps the 5th ball of Chahal’s over in the direction of Long leg, which Punjab Kings player Bartlets, playing their first IPL match to field, ran. He also fielded the ball. But after that it was difficult for anyone to believe what happened on the ground.
How did 5 runs scored on 1 ball?
Xavier Bartlett wanted to field the ball and throw it towards the pitch that she strangely slipped from her hands and went towards the boundary line. As a result, where Venkatesh Iyer and KKR should have got 1 runs, they got 4 more runs. Meaning, a total of 5 runs were scored on that one ball due to the shocking mistake of Bartlet.
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Venkatesh Iyer out for 7 runs
Venkatesh Iyer’s account was also opened due to the same blunder on the 5th ball of the 8th over during KKR’s inning. 5 runs were added to his account on the very first ball. However, he could not take advantage of it. His wicket fell after 2 overs. He scored just 7 runs after facing 4 balls. Venkatesh’s wicket was taken by Maxwell.
Talk about the performance of Xavier Bartlet, who debuted in the IPL and scoring a heavy mistake off KKR’s 47th ball, he took 1 wicket with the ball to give 30 runs in 3 overs for Punjab Kings, besides scoring 11 runs in 15 balls with the bat.