News Update
Tezzbuzz|16-01-2025
Delhi: In the third match of Paarl Royals, Joe Root showed his bowling ability and took the important wicket of George Linde by giving 24 runs in three overs. Root has been seen bowling before also. Root has taken 71 wickets so far in his career. He has taken many wickets on his balls in India. In which the names of big batsmen are included.
Root bowled an off-spin from round the wicket, which proved difficult for Linde. Linde tried a big sweep, but missed the ball and was bowled. This wicket gave a big blow to Cape Town. Also, he gave only 14 runs in the 18th and 20th overs. You can watch the video of this ball below.
Root bowled 3 overs in this match and took 1 wicket for 24 runs. He bowled 2 overs in death in which he gave only 1 six.
However, in this match, Joe Root was not very successful in batting and could score only 15 runs in 15 balls. Talking about the match, Cape Town, batting first, scored only 158 runs in 20 overs. Rassie van der Dussen scored a brilliant 91 runs, but he did not get the support of the other batsmen, otherwise the score could have been even bigger. For Royals, Mujeeb Ur Rahman took two wickets, while Galim also took one wicket.
While chasing the target of 159 runs, Royals got a great start. The pair of Joe Root and Luan-Dre Pretorius scored 50 runs in just 5.5 overs. Joe Root was out early, but Luan-Dre Pretorius led his team to victory by scoring 83 runs in 52 balls. Royals achieved this target at the loss of 4 wickets in 19 overs and registered their second win in three matches.