Gowtham wins it for Royals in clutch finish
With Rajasthan Royals needing 43 off 17 balls, K Gowtham showed off his hard-hitting ability, smashing an unbeaten 33 off 11 balls to seal a thrilling turnaround win
All-star of the match
The wow moment
The numbers
- Gowtham's 11-ball 33 was equivalent to 52 Smart runs - one of ESPNcricinfo's new metrics to make sense of T20 cricket. Essentially, his innings was worth 19 more runs when seen in the context of the scoring rate of the batsman at the other end and the overall scoring rate of the game. No other batsman had such a telling impact on the match. Suryakumar Yadav's 47-ball 72 came the closest. His effort at the top for Mumbai was worth 11 extra runs.
- Royals scored 43 runs in their last 16 balls, the second-most runs scored in the last three overs to beat Mumbai in a chase.
- In 27 innings, Gowtham has a T20 strike rate of 164.97. He has also scored two fifties.
Quotes
K Gowtham in a post-match interview
Shane Warne, on Twitter
Nikhil Kalro is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo