Published 20:51 IST, October 25th 2020
Jofra Archer stuns everyone with a single-handed catch to dismiss Ishan Kishan; Watch
Jofra Archer pulled another magic trick against Mumbai as he plucked the speeding ball out of thin air to dismiss Ishan Kishan, eventually triggering a collapse
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Jofra Archer has been Rajasthan's go-to man whenever y need a breakthrough, and English speedster has never disappointed. As race for qualifiers heats up and Rajasthan need a victory off all ir remaining matches, Archer's contributions are significant than ever. Yet again, English speedster got Rajasthan ir early wicket of in-form Quinton de Kock as y took on Mumbai in a do-or-die game. However, that was t all.
Archer pulled ar magic trick against Mumbai as he plucked speeding ball out of thin air to dismiss Ishan Kishan, eventually triggering a collapse. English talisman took a splendid single-handed catch at third man off Karthik Tyagi's delivery that even left his Rajasthan teammates stunned. Just as Kishan and Suryakumar Yav settled in and kept scoreboard ticking, Archer's catch triggered a collapse, putting Mumbai in a spot of bor. Soon after Kishan, Suryakumar Yav also returned to pavillion while stand-in skipper Pollard followed his teammate back after hitting just a six. Watch Archer's brilliant catch here:
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Rajasthan face Mumbai in a do-or-die
While Mumbai enjoy top spot in league standing, Rajasthan stand on or side of table, needing to win all ir remaining fixtures to keep ir dreams of qualifying alive. Steve Smith & Co. will be expected to come out all guns blazing against Mumbai as race for fourth spot heats up. Apart from getting off to a fiery start in first two matches and finding ir trump card in Rahul Tewatia, Rajasthan have failed to make it to top 4 yet, despite being one of top contenders this season. Despite firepower of Jofra Archer, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, and Sanju Samson, team has struggled somehow to put up match-winning performances.
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Rajasthan sit a place above Chennai on points table with 4 wins out of 11 matches and have an NRR of -0.620. Similar to Chennai, Steve Smith & Co will have to win ir remaining fixtures, starting from match against table-toppers Mumbai on Sunday. y will also have to ensure that y defeat KL Rahul's Punjab, which has been on a roll, winning 4 consecutive matches as y place ir foot in door for playoffs. Rajasthan would also need Kolkata and Hyderab to lose all ir matches and hope for Punjab to t win more than one game, since all se teams have better NRRs than Steve Smith & Co.
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20:51 IST, October 25th 2020