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South African all-rounder Chris Morris, the most expensive buy in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), proved his worth with an explosive batting display that propelled the Rajasthan Royals (RR) to beat 🃏Delhi Capitals (DC) in the seventh match of IPL 2021.
The 33-year-old, who bagged a whopping INR 16.2♓5 crore contract in the IPL a🤪uction, lit up the Thursday night fixture at Mumbai’s iconic Wankhede Cricket Stadium. Morris exhibited his six-hitting ability and inspired his side to get over the finish line with 2 balls to spare.
His Proteas teammate David Miller played a stunning knock of 62 from 43 deliveries before Morris steal the show with four maximums in the final 10 balls to register an epic comeback, especially when RR were reeling at 42/5 during their chase of 🐠148 runs.
After the match, many users reminisced the previous fixture against Punjab Kings (PBKS) when RR skipper Sanju Sa💧mson had denied 💙taking a single with Morris on the other end. The netizens bel🌳ieved that Morris could have won that game for the Royals as well.
Here is how netizens reacted:
RR owners looking at Chris Morris
— Sagar (@sagarcasm)
Pic 1 last match – Paisa mila par izzat nahi mili
Pic 2 today – Isse kehte hain Izzat.
Izzat bhi , Paisa bhi – Well done Chris Morris— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
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Chris Morris:— 🇮🇳 رومانا (@RomanaRaza)
One South African departed but the other despatched the ball to the g🌟alleries. Give it up to , the star of the show today. The man has answered the questions on his price tag, in style.
— Siddarth Srinivas (@sidhuwrites)
Chris Morris – "Sanju Samson was hitting like a dream so I wasn't upset after denying the run last match".
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Sometimes you just have to wait for your turn.
Cause that's when you play!
Chris Morris❤🔥— AARYAN (@nobitaAARYAN)
Chris Morris's six is physically against DC but mentally against Sanju Samson.
— Heisenberg ☢ (@internetumpire)
Chris Morris entering int꧑o dressing room be like 👏
— ً (@imGujjuboi)
Chris Morris after winning it for RR:
— Prince Pandey🍁🦜 (@princepandey_)
During the po♏st-match presentation, Morris was also asked to detail his views concerning that single. The all-rounder said he would be happy to sacrifice hi🌳s wicket for his skipper as he was hitting the balls quite nicely.
“I was going to run back no matter what to sacrifice because Sanju was hitting it so sweetly. Sanju was hitting it like a dream; I wouldn’t have been too upset if he had hit the last ball for a six,” said Morris.
Morris asserted that the team members learned a lot from the nail-biting thriller against PBKS and brought that confidence in the match a🙈gainst ♔DC.
“Chasing 222, it’s quite a daunting task. For us to get as close as we did on the day, we took a lot out of that first game of ours. Guys took a lot of confidence into the game, but it’s quite nice to know that we can win a game basically from anywhere after being down in the dumps. That’s T20 cricket,” he added.
