Jake Fraser-McGurk went crazy, whacking Washington Sundar everywhere for 30 runs in one over. DC versus SRH, IPL 2024, at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday (April 20). He smashed 3 huge sixes. Plus, he hammered 3 fours too in that 3rd over of Delhi’s run chase.
Jake Fraser-McGurk opened the over with consecutive boundaries at mid-off. The 22-year-old then hit a six over long-on, followed by a four through the covers. Jake Fraser-McGurk ended the over with two maximums over long-off.
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Jake Fraser-McGurk scored 65 runs off 18 balls, with a strike rate of 361.11, including seven sixes and five boundaries. Mayank Markande ultimately dismissed him, and Heinrich Klaasen grabbed him in front of the point.
Jake Fraser-McGurk, who replaced the injured Lungi Ngidi at a base price of INR 50 lakh, has impressed DC since his debut in IPL 2024. The Australian batsman hammered 55 off 35 balls against the Lucknow Super Giants before scoring 20 off 10 against the Gujarat Titans. The Capitals won both of these games.
SRH set a 267-run target for DC in IPL 2024 clash
Travis Head, Shahbaz Ahmed and Abhishek Sharma displayed excellent batting skills. They played clinical innings. This helped SRH score 266/7 against DC in the IPL match on Saturday. For SRH, this was their third 250+ total this season. Earlier, they scored 287 and 278 runs against Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians respectively.
Head dominated with the bat, hitting 89 runs off 32 balls in an innings that included six maximums and 11 boundaries. The left-hander and Sharma formed a 131-run partnership for the opening wicket. The latter also scored 46 from 12 deliveries, including six sixes and two boundaries.
Meanwhile, Shahbaz Ahmed remained undefeated with 59 off 29, hitting five sixes and two boundaries. Nitish Reddy contributed 37 runs off 27 balls, including two sixes and as many boundaries.
Kuldeep Yadav was the Capitals’ highest wicket-taker, finishing with four wickets but conceding 55 runs in four overs. Mukesh Kumar and Axar Patel both claimed one wicket each.
At the time of writing, DC were 138/4 after eight overs, with Tristan Stubbs and skipper Rishabh Pant on the pitch. Abhishek Porel was the final batsman to be removed, stumped by Heinrich Klaasen off Mayank Markande.