Rajasthan Royals scored a mammoth score of 214 runs while playing against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. jos buttler (95) and sanju samson (66), only to be denied victory by the fast bowler’s last ball no-ball Sandeep Sharma, But, for the most part of the match, RR got their hopes up, and the situation even prompted a debate-stirring tweet from the franchise’s social media, suggesting that skipper Sanju Samson is better than RRR (film).
The tweet didn’t age well, with the royals even issuing an apology towards the end. But, the tweet also gave Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan’s opponents for the day, a chance to come up with a hilarious reply to the Samson-RRR tweet.
Responding to Royals’ post, Sunrisers posted a picture of the umpire who had signaled the no-ball after Sandeep Sharma’s dismissal. abdul samad The last delivery of the match was about to happen.
https://t.co/vZEvFwtD1B pic.twitter.com/frAsC5fF3W
– Sunrisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) May 7, 2023
SRH’s tweet has garnered over 30000 likes and over 4000 retweets.
This film reached the world. So we should also apologize.
PS: SSS and RRR
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) May 7, 2023
The celebrations in the RR camp were cut short as the no-ball siren rang out in the stadium. Sandeep again had to bowl the last ball, and this time, Samad sent it into the stands to give his team a 4-wicket win.
This was the highest-ever match in the history of Sunrisers Hyderabad and also the highest-ever match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
At the post-match presentation ceremony, RR skipper Sanju Samson spoke about Sandeep’s costly mistake, saying it should not have happened.
He said, “To be honest, it is never easy to play in this format, especially in this tournament. Every match we have to play our best level of cricket. We will come back and try to do that again.”
“It’s a no ball, just throwing it again as simple as that, you don’t think too much about it. Sandeep knows what to do. Maybe a little change of mindset for a few seconds when you Looks like it’s done, everyone was celebrating, but I think that’s the nature of the game, you can’t draw the line at that point,” he said.
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