Harshal Patel won the Purple Cap with 16 wickets in the death overs..!?
Harshal patel won the Purple Cap with 16 wickets in the death overs..!?
The punjab team is playing a match against rajasthan team. sam Curran, the captain of the punjab team, had said that they would return to the country with a consolation victory, as the punjab team has already lost the chance for the play-offs. Batting first, rajasthan scored 144 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Star players Harsal patel, sam Curran, and rahul Sahar took 2 wickets each for the punjab team. In this IPL series, Harshal has taken 16 wickets in just 16 to 20 overs. Again proved to be a death-over specialist.
Apart from that, he has taken 22 wickets in 13 matches and advanced to the top spot in the Purple Cap race. Speaking about this, Harsal patel said, "This purple cap has become a game of see-saw between me and Bumrah. I see bumrah as my rival. I wish to bowl with a consistency like him. Throwing tipping balls is a little difficult. Taking wickets on such balls gives me a morale boost. If the batsmen miss these kinds of balls, the wicket is guaranteed. I have been bowling continuously for the past 5 years. But I haven't been able to bowl well in the last one and a half years.
Because of this, I kept calm and did not bowl those balls in the first half of the IPL series. It has also become a weapon in my death over bowling. Also when I am bowling I can understand batsmen preparing for slower balls. So I was surprised by throwing yorkers and extra pace balls. When you lose wickets in the last overs, it becomes difficult to add runs. TheRajasthan team is 10 to 15 runs below average in this match. After the power play, we bowled well. He said that he thinks that he will chase the target of 145 and win this match.