Kartik Tyagi story: From painful injury to bowling extraordinary final over, RR pacer comes full circle

However,
Tyagi,
the
20-year-old
pacer,
had
missed
the
first
phase
of
IPL
2021
held
in
India
with
an
injury.
By
the
time
he
recovered
from
the
injury,
the
IPL
2021
was
suspended
because
of
the
surge
in
Covid-19
cases
and
a
few
bio-bubble
breach.

Tyagi
had
massive
task
at
his
hand
on
Tueday
night
of
defending
just
4
runs
off
the
last
six
balls.
And
Kings
still
had
big-hitters
Nicholas
Pooran
and
Aiden
Markram
in
the
middle.

But
Tyagi
landed
perfect
yorkers
and
the
balls
wide
outside
the
off-stump
that
forced
the
batsmen
to
reach
out
fo
the
delivery,
dragging
them
to
do
mistakes.
Deepak
Hooda
was
the
biggest
example.

Hooda
reached
out
to
the
ball
twice
in
successio
and
the
second
time
he
snicked
Tyagi
to
Sanju
Samson
behind
the
wicket.
Tyagi
still
had
to
go
throuh
the
big-hitting
West
Indian
Fabian
Allen
but
the
young
pacer
nailed
a
perfect
yorker
on
the
off-stump
that
the
batsman
failed
to
even
connect,
and
also
sealed
the
Royals’ win
extraordinary.

Later
Tyagi
said
he
was
just
thinking
about
bowling
six
yorkers
in
the
final
over
against
Punjab
Kings
in
an
Indian
Premier
League
(IPL
2021)
match.

Rajasthan
Royals
registered
a
thrilling
two-run
victory
over
Punjab
Kings
on
Tuesday
(September
21)
at
the
Dubai
International
Stadium.

Chasing
186,
Punjab
Kings
got
off
to
an
excellent
start
as
openers
KL
Rahul
and
Mayank
Agarwal
put
on
120
runs
for
the
opening
wicket.
At
that
it
seemed
that
Kings
were
cruising
to
the
target
as
they
had
plenty
of
overs
and
batsmen
in
the
dug
out
to
take
them
past
the
target.
But
the
Kings
suffered
an
epic
meltdown
after
that.

However,
after
this,
Rajasthan
was
able
to
make
a
comeback
and
the
side
registered
a
thrilling
victory.
Kartik
Tyagi
returned
with
two
wickets
and
he
was
adjudged
as
Man
of
the
Match.
In
the
final
over,
Tyagi
was
able
to
defend
four
runs
as
he
bowled
six
perfect
yorkers.

“It
was
a
do
or
die
situation
for
me
when
I
was
bowling
the
last
over.
I
was
just
thinking
about
bowling,
I
wanted
to
bowl
six
yorkers
and
I
was
able
to
execute
it.
It
was
a
good
feeling
when
everyone
came
up
to
me
when
we
won,” Tyagi
told
team-mate
Mahipal
Lomror
in
a
video
posted
on
iplt20.com.

Earlier,
Arshdeep
Singh
took
a
five-wicket
haul
for
Punjab
Kings
as
Rajasthan
Royals
was
bundled
out
for
185.
For
Sanju
Samson-led
side,
Yashasvi
Jaiswal
and
Mahipal
Lamror
scored
49
and
43
respectively.
For
Punjab,
Mohammed
Shami
also
scalped
three
wickets.

“When
the
ball
was
there
in
my
slot,
I
went
after
it.
I
just
thought
about
dispatching
the
bad
balls
away
for
runs.
When
it
was
in
my
slot,
I
went
after
it,”
Lomror
told
Tyagi.

Rajasthan
Royals
will
next
lock
horns
against
Delhi
Capitals
on
Saturday
at
the
Sheikh
Zayed
Stadium
in
Abu
Dhabi.

Tyagi
was
elated
after
being
part
of
‘something
special’
as
he
handed
a
sensational
last
over
victory
to
his
team
against
Punjab
Kings.
Mayank
Agarwal
and
KL
Rahul
innings
of
67
and
49
respectively
for
the
Punjab
Kings
went
in
vain
as
their
middle
order
failed
them
miserably
after
such
a
good
start.

For
the
Royals,
Tyagi
was
the
man
of
the
hour
as
the
pacer
conceded
just
one
run
in
the
last
over
and
picked
two
wickets
to
give
his
team
a
victory
for
the
ages.
Tyagi,
who
was
the
player
of
the
match,
in
his
post-match
presentation
said:
“I
was
injured
during
the
India
leg
of
the
IPL
and
by
the
time
I
got
fit,
the
tournament
was
suspended.
Felt
sad.
So,
this
feels
really
good.”

“I
have
been
talking
to
people
over
the
years
and
they
keep
telling
me
that
things
keep
changing
in
this
format,
so
I
need
to
keep
believing.
I’ve
always
heard
from
everyone
and
also
watched
games
in
this
format
where
strange
things
have
happened.

”Today,
I
was
fortunate
to
play
a
big
role
in
something
special.
I
was
bowling
a
bit
too
short
earlier,
later
worked
on
it
consciously
after
getting
a
lot
of
feedback,” he
added.

Sanju
Samson
the
captain
of
Rajasthan
Royals
said:
“It’s
funny
that
we
kept
believing
(that
we
could
win).
I
kept
the
overs
of
Mustafizur
and
Tyagi
for
the
end,
believing.
Cricket
is
a
funny
game
right.
We
just
kept
fighting
and
believing.
I
always
believe
in
my
bowlers,
want
to
keep
fighting
and
that’s
why
I
kept
those
two
overs
till
the
end.

To
be
very
honest,
to
get
that
score
on
this
wicket,
we
felt
good
because
we
had
the
bowling.
If
we
took
the
catches,
we
could
have
won
the
game
earlier.
People
have
really
worked
hard
on
their
fitness,”
the
skipper
added.