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NEW DELHI: It was a bizarre and frustrating sequence at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday as Shardul Thakur delivered five consecutive wides in a single ball (the first of the 13th over) during KKR’s steep run chase against Lucknow Super Giants.
The moment left Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant visibly exasperated behind the stumps, even showing his frustration with his decision not to take a review for a wide call as things unraveled before him.
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With KKR needing 90 off 48 balls, Thakur was handed the ball in a crucial phase.
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But instead of applying pressure, he quite literally released it — again and again, far outside the off-stump.
All five attempts were wide yorkers, and all five missed the mark, each sailing past a disinterested Ajinkya Rahane.
The fifth wide was the worst of the lot — outside the tramline that even skipper Pant was left frustrated as he ended up rejecting Thakur’s request for a review.
What added to the irony, however, was that the over ended with a wicket — Rahane, who had anchored the innings with a fluent 61 off 35 balls, mistimed a full toss straight to Nicholas Pooran at deep midwicket.
Thakur, after all the drama, had his man.
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While Thakur did eventually get the breakthrough, the damage from the extras couldn’t be ignored.
Against a team that had posted a colossal 238/3 thanks to fireworks from Pooran, Marsh, and Markram, such loose bowling only gave KKR more breathing room during their steep chase.
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