IPL 2025: Avesh Khan rips victory out of Rajsthan Royals’ mouth with ice-cool last over – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants edged Rajasthan Royals by simply two runs in a dramatic IPL 2025 conflict on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, because of a nerveless closing over from Avesh Khan that turned a seemingly simple chase right into a heartbreaker for the house crowd.
Chasing 181, Rajasthan Royals have been properly within the hunt needing simply 9 runs off the last over with six wickets in hand.
Set batters Shimron Hetmyer and Dhruv Jurel have been on the crease, and with the dew settling in and umpires opting to vary the ball, it appeared like a formality.
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But Avesh Khan had different plans.
The over started with a pointy yorker that Jurel might solely flick for a single. Then got here a large, angled supply to Hetmyer, yielding simply two after a misfield.

On the third ball, Avesh outfoxed Hetmyer with a full, straight supply. The West Indian tried to flick it however picked out Shardul Thakur at backward sq. leg. It was an enormous breakthrough that shifted the momentum.
New batter Shubham Dubey was greeted with a toe-crushing yorker for a dot. Pressure mounted.

The fifth ball, which was alleged to be a yorker, got here as a full toss, and Dubey launched it excessive over lengthy-on, however fortune favoured the batter as David Miller dropped an easy likelihood. Two runs have been taken.
With 4 wanted off the ultimate ball, Dubey drilled it straight again.
The ball struck Avesh’s hand and deflected away, however not far sufficient. Just a single was managed. Game over.

LSG had pulled off an exciting heist, profitable by two runs and sparking wild celebrations.
Avesh completed with figures of 3/37, but it surely was his closing over — full of composure, execution, and nerves of metal — that shall be remembered. He not solely dismissed two of Rajasthan’s most harmful hitters, together with Yashasvi Jaiswal (74), Riyan Parag (34), and eventually Hetmyer, but additionally stored his cool in a second the place many have faltered.
This wasn’t only a win; it was an announcement from LSG. And Avesh Khan was its loudest voice.