IPL 2022: How Jos Buttler set up an emphatic win for Rajasthan Royals

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00:00Yes, it was a great match. Led by Rajasthan's great Joss Butler.

00:14Hello, everyone. Welcome to Straight Bad with Gulf News and Mr Cricket UAE. That is Anish Sadan.

00:19We are here to discuss the IPL match where Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Capitals by 15 runs.

00:27And what a match it turned out to be. Both the teams scoring over 200 runs.

00:31I will let Anish summarize the match for us.

00:34Hi, Shyam. Hello, Mr Gautam. And hello, Mr Ram Ganesh. Congratulations on the win.

00:40And hello to all the beautiful people of Gulf News. Yes, it was a great match

00:45led by Rajasthan's great Joss Butler. And they dominated the match, probably all 40 overs.

00:52Just in the end, probably a little childish behavior by Rishabh Pant took the gloss of it.

00:57But I'm afraid this behavior of Pant should not go under the radar.

01:02Somebody from the BCCI or somebody having the power should probably send out a message by

01:08either giving a one-match ban or a two-match ban for behaving like this and taking the game.

01:12Because this is not a football match or a Ranji Trophy match. You are playing an IPL match where

01:16the whole world follows. And he's supposed to be a future captain of India, setting a bad example.

01:22Thank you, Anish. And we have with us the Rajasthan Royals fan who is wearing

01:28year-to-year green. That is Ram Ganesh. Ram Ganesh, the tone was set by Joss Butler.

01:34I mean, what an innings that was. Tell us about it.

01:39He's been the mainstay of our batting all this while. And I mean, in a way, he's masked the fact

01:43that our middle order hasn't been tested. But what a player. I mean, to get that many consistent

01:49amount of runs, to be that consistent. He reminds me of the Virat Kohli who scored three centuries

01:54or four centuries in one season. So he's been amazing. But what was great to see was also DDP

02:00getting into some form because we needed the second player. We tried Yashaswi. We tried a lot

02:05of options, but it's good to see him getting into form. Sanju coming and finishing the way he did.

02:10I think the batting was phenomenal. I guess it's just the bowling. I think that fifth bowler is

02:16still hurting us. We tried coming in with Obeid McCoy. We tried Riyan Palak in between, which

02:22I don't know why they persist with him. He's a part-timer.

02:27We'll come to that. We'll come to Riyan's bowling.

02:30Yeah, but as batting goes, I think one of the best performances. And as you know,

02:35the highest score in the tournament. So pretty happy with that.

02:39Yeah, Gautam, that is the top three batsmen scoring here. Gautam is our

02:43Senior Associate Editor with Gulf News. I'm sure, Gautam, you might have enjoyed

02:48what an onslaught that was. The openers going all the way to the 15 overs. And then,

02:56like Ram said, Sanju finishing it off. It is a rare thing to see top three batsmen,

03:01the SINIF, figuring in what is the highest score of the tournament so far. So your thoughts, Gautam?

03:09Yes, I mean, whatever praise we shower on Josh Butler, it's simply not enough. I mean,

03:17this is a guy, I don't recall, you know, when did a batsman, when did a batter dominate the

03:23IPL single-handedly like this? Like as Ganesh was saying, possibly that Virat Kohli's phase

03:29in 2016 season. He was just amazing. I mean, he reads the length of the ball so quickly and

03:36squeaky clean hits. He's so decisive. And it was very good to see Debtat Partikar,

03:41you know, he needed that half century. He had been getting a few odd starts here and there.

03:47And the match was over by then, you know, the Delhi bowlers were left demoralized.

03:51I mean, there could be a few odd observations about the bowling changes of Rishabh Pant. He

03:57had a bad day in office, as Anisbhai started at the beginning. And, you know, this 15-run margin,

04:04it, you know, like the previous match of that seven-run margin against KKR, it doesn't sum up

04:09how the match went. I mean, this match, despite Delhi finishing at 2-0-7, they could do that

04:15because of the pyrotechnics by Rovman Powell. Otherwise, you know, Delhi were never really

04:22up to speed today. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, till the last over, they were not really,

04:28really in the game, at no stage, because the asking rate was just climbing something like

04:33something like 90 per over. Yeah. Yeah. Again, you said about Rishabh Pant's captaincy. Anis,

04:42even Samson's captaincy, specifically that one bowling change, the 11th over, where he brought

04:48in Riyan Parag needlessly, especially when they were on the ascendancy. What do you make of that?

04:54I have no idea why he brought in, to be very honest. He had decent bowlers in the hand,

05:00probably because Mokai went for 40 runs in his first two overs, rather. That's the reason maybe

05:05he has brought in. But you got to, he was just trying to slow down the pace, like how Rishabh

05:10Pant brought. But just, you know, I want to talk about the captainship of Rishabh Pant.

05:15This is not the first match that they went on to leak runs. In the couple of match against,

05:20probably, I believe it was against KKR, or one of the teams where they went for a lot of runs

05:25in the earlier games. There also he lost it. And today in the game, if you would see, you know,

05:30Shardul Thakil hurling abuses to his fellow players, Rishabh Pant hurling abuses to his

05:37fellow players is not giving a good sign to a franchise. And today, Ricky Ponting not there

05:42at the crease, rather at the ground because of the COVID precautions he was taking, showed that

05:48how immature these guys are behaving on the field. Watson was literally stopping Pant not to

05:52send somebody and he just sent the assistant cone and like an idiot, that ex-captain of India, I

05:57don't remember his name. He just runs on the field. I mean, what's going on? Are you playing

06:04a gully cricket match? Or are you playing a football match? This is where they had lost the

06:08game while fielding and they showed it by doing this drama off the field. And there would have

06:16been a 10% or probably 5% chance, Robert Paul would have probably hit the sixes.

06:21They took the momentum away. Exactly. In fact, I thought the match was lost there simply because

06:27that allowed Robert McCoy to regain his composure. What do you think of that particular incident, Ram?

06:36Yeah, I mean, I was telling the same thing to my wife that Ashwin was saying or DDP was saying,

06:42is this really happening? Cause I'm seeing one six, two six, three six. And I'm like,

06:46and when I saw that no ball, I mean, I saw the waste of photos. I thought it was a no ball.

06:50So I'm like, oh, it's gone. The game's over. And then, yeah, the call, the call happened and it's

06:55cricket. I mean, umpires make the decision at a split second. So sometimes you got to stick to

07:00that and it is what it is. But then after that, the fact that we, I would have wanted the game

07:05to slow down and Pant did it for us. He stopped the game. He did all his childish antics, calling

07:11them up for Colin. He was calling them back at the start, uh, could be just declaring that,

07:16oh, you know, check for the no ball. And everybody, it was not just, um, I, what I felt was

07:21not, it wasn't just a pun, but even the, even Shane Watson, everybody was like, oh, it's no ball.

07:25It's a no ball. I just felt they miss Ricky Ponting, a senior player to calm them down,

07:31a senior player to actually tell them guys, calm down. This is not how we play cricket.

07:34I guess that was missing and that helped us. So, and then the next ball was, everybody was

07:38obviously high on emotions. The next ball was missed and then it was game over then. But yeah,

07:42it took the scene away from what was a great match. I mean, it was a really good contest

07:46till the end and, and yeah, I'm happy with the win. I'm happy with the way we ended, but yeah,

07:50that was, as Anirudh said, as a future captain of India or a potential future captain,

07:55that's not how we behave. You should be kicked out for two games at least.

07:59Yeah, I'm sure the disciplinary committee will have something to say about that. Let's see if

08:04wait and watch what they will do about it. But like Ram said, it took the scene away from

08:10what was an exciting match and come to think of it, when you look back in a year or two

08:17from now, if you look at, we might remember this ugly incident rather than the

08:22what a wonderful match it was, which is a shame actually. And Gautam, what did you make of

08:28Praveen Amre? Because Praveen Amre, during his playing days, he was a very quiet,

08:33decent gentleman. And it was, I was stunned to see somebody like him rush to the field,

08:38which is totally uncalled for. Did you expect that? No, certainly not. I mean, see, what happened was

08:45and the moment he is visible like that, if there is an inquiry, I mean, there's a chance that

08:52he will be hit the most. Yeah, more than Pant, he will be hit the most.

08:57More than Pant. And Pant, you know, at the first instance, his reaction was to call the team back.

09:03I mean, this is certainly not... It will be a scandal, actually.

09:07It's a scandal. And as Anil Bhai is saying that, you know, there should be at least

09:11one match or too much ban because, you know, I know for a fact that these, you know,

09:16these penalties for slow overheads and all that, and then you know, you have 1 million,

09:232 million penalties, those are taken care of by franchisees.

09:26Absolutely. The franchise owner will pay this.

09:30Right. A financial fine is not the issue. There should be a disciplinary action

09:34with a ban. So we'll see. A message has to go. Gautam, a message has to go so that tomorrow

09:40the Shreyas Iyer or the Virat Kohli or the Rohit Sharma or anybody cannot give this sort of a

09:45message. You are actually trying to dictate or do Dadagiri. I mean, I'm afraid. I use the word

09:51Dadagiri.

09:53This is... Anil Bhai, it is almost like you said earlier,

09:56like it is like a player thinks that he is bigger than the game.

10:02I mean, like I said, it just took away from what has been an exciting match.

10:07But Rajasthan walked to the top of the points table with 10 points. Three teams are with 10

10:12points. But Rajasthan has a superior run rate. So I'm sure, Ram Ganesh, you would be very happy.

10:18And before we wind up, Anil Bhai, let's tell us about the competition.

10:24Oh, yes. Every day you get a chance to predict the winner and walk away with the wonderful

10:31kit, as well as a digital subscription from Gulf News. I know it's tough.

10:35Today, we also felt that it could have gone Delhi's way, Harar's way. But that's the beauty

10:40about this contest. Log on to your favorite page and predict the winner.

10:44Thank you, Anil. And coming back to the predictions again,

10:50you can predict two matches tomorrow. KKR playing, that is, Calcutta Nitride is playing

10:55Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers playing Sunrise Hyderabad. So let us do our predictions.

11:01Anil Bhai, you go first.

11:03Well, the momentum is with Gujarat. KKR is coming on the back of three losses. They must be hurting.

11:08But obviously, you have to go with Gujarat. And the second match, I'll go with Sunrise Hyderabad.

11:14Sunrise Hyderabad, four wins from six matches, whereas RCB,

11:18five wins from seven matches. So it's pretty much even there. Gautam, your pick?

11:24Yes, I think I will give it to KKR this time. I mean, they do this up and down business a bit.

11:30So I think I will keep them marginally ahead in the first game.

11:34Second game, I would go with Royal Challengers Bangalore.

11:39Ram, who do you think you will win tomorrow?

11:42Yeah, I want KKR to win tomorrow. I don't want Gujarat to just run away with it.

11:46But I feel three losses in a row, KKR will be hurting. And they've got some great

11:51people who are still waiting to come to form. So I would say KKR for the first match.

11:55And for the second match, I think RCB also have got... I'm sure Virat Kohli is waiting

11:59to come back into form. They have all the players waiting to come back.

12:02So second match, I would say, will be RCB.

12:05Ram, you are expecting too much. You are waiting for all these players to come back into form.

12:09Yes, it's about time.

12:12Yeah, my picks. I will go with Gujarat simply because their momentum has been with them.

12:18They have five wins out of six and incredible serves.

12:22So you never know. But I would pick Gujarat.

12:26Between RCB and SRH, I have a slight soft corner for RCB.

12:31So I will go with Alex Beck first to place it to repeat what he did in the last match.

12:37So the RCB is my pick.

12:40So KKR is Gautam's pick. And so is Anish Bhai's pick. And Gujarat is mine.

12:48And KKR is your pick as well, is it, Ram?

12:51So three against one. All right.

12:54And second match, Anish Bhai's pick is Hyderabad.

12:58And mine is Royal Challengers. Gautam, what is yours?

13:04Royal Challengers, Bangalore.

13:05Royal Challengers. And Ram, you are also Royal.

13:08So that is VF3 against Anish Bhai's one. All right.

13:12All right. Let's wait and watch what is in store for tomorrow.

13:15Until then, thank you very much for tuning in.

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13:25Goodbye.

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