Over the years we all have witnessed the wrath of batsmen during the last few overs of a T20 inning, who are reliably the most significant as teams trust to pace the scoring rate within the final 5 overs. Alluded to as the death overs, the bowlers within the resistance group got to think of assortments to halt the surge of the batsmen.
Let’s have a look at some of the best hitting by the famous cricket players during the death overs.
5. Royal Challengers Bangalore against Rajasthan Royals – 88 Runs (2018)
This was a special match, and to be honest, RR needed something like this to overpower RCB at their backyard. The RR’s captain tore into the RCB attack who had no clue against him. It was knock of Sublime skills, timing and placement.
Samson remains not out on ninety-two runs in just 45 balls, it includes six sixes which helped RR to score 88 runs in last 5 overs. Samson got help from the other players, as Rahane scored 36 from 20 balls, Buttler scored 23 from 14 balls and Tripathi scored quick 14 in just 5 ball which helped RR to win the match by 19 runs.
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4. Punjab Kings against Mumbai Indians – 89 Runs (2020)
Mumbai Indian’s Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard showed why they are termed as power-hitters as they showed no mercy on the Punjab bowlers, clearing the boundary with ease. The duo smashed 89 off the final five overs in the current edition of the IPL. MI posted 191/4 and won the match by 48 runs.
3. RCB against Mumbai Indians – 89 Runs (2020)
This match between the Mumbai Indians and the Royal Challengers Bangalore amid the 13th edition of the IPL, saw a few astonishing hits from batsmen of both the sides. MI’s Ishan Kishan and Kieron Pollard made the RCB fielders pay for dropping chances as they scored 89 within the final five overs. Riding on their efforts, MI were able to take the match into the Super Over after levelling scores at 201, but eventually lost in the final over.
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2. KKR against RCB – 91 Runs (2019)
In 2019, Virat Kohli and Moeen Ali unleashed demolish as they pulverized the helpless KKR bowlers. Virat completed at 100 off 58 balls whereas Moeen scored a quickfire 66 off 28 balls with 6 hits over the fence. The sixteenth over of the innings went for a colossal 27 runs as a unfortunate Kuldeep Yadav was tonked for 3 sixes and 2 fours within the over. This took the RCB outright to an amazing 213. However, KKR also played well in the second innings but lost the match by 10 runs.
1. Gujarat Lions against RCB – 112 Runs (2016)
The 2016 period of the IPL was a bewildering one for the Royal Challengers Bangalore as they made it to their third final. Virat Kohli was at his prime that season as he won the most Valuable Player grant (MVP) completing the season with 973 runs to his title. In a match against the Gujarat Lions, Ab de Villiers and Virat hit the GL bowlers to all pieces of the ground amid their record 229-runs partnership. The couple crushed 112 runs within the final 5 overs to take RCB to 248, which turns out to be the second most runs scored by a team within the IPL. RCB won the game by 144 runs.
