Kl Rahul’s One Gesture Saves Rival Rr Star Dhruv Jurel, Almost Costs DC IPL 2025 Match. Watch

Delhi capitals wicketkeeper kl rahul’s one gesture turned out to be a Savior for Rajasthan Royals Batter Dhruv Jurel During the IPL 2025 match on Thursday. DC posted a total of 188/5 in 20 overs after being asked to bat first. Later in the chase, rr put up a strong fight but dc restricted them to 188/4, hence taking the game to the super over, where the axar patel-ring side is self one ball to spare. It was the first ipl match since 2022 to go into a super over.

During the 16th over of RR’s Chase, Kuldeep Yadav Bowled a Googly to Dhruv Jurel, Which Went and Hit on the Batter’s Pad. DC appeared for lbw and the on-field umpire quickly signalled lbw out. As the DC Players Started Celebrating, Rahul Was Seen Making a Gesture towards kuldeep, Signalling that the ball actually Hit Jurel’s Forearm.

Few Seconds after Rahul’s Gesture, Jurel Spoke to Nitish Rana at the Non-Striiker’s End and Took the DRS review, which showed that the ball hait the Forearm and the Rr Batter was declared not out.

Experienced wicket keeper kl rahul telling his teammates that it’s not out in front of the non strikerpic.twitter.com/gutu0rpve8

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Jurel went on to score 26 off 17 balls and almost took the match out of DC’s hand. However, Mitchell Starc’s Brilliance in the last over broughdt Dc back into the game.

RR Needed 9 Off 6 Balls when Jurel and Shimron Hetmyer Ware Batting. Starc delivered back-to-back yorkers and took the match into the super over.

Coming to bow down in the super over, Starc restricted rr to 11/2 in 0.5 balls. Later, Dc Chased Down the target in just four balls and claimed their fifth win in six games.

“All is well that ends well. The way we started, the way the powerplay went. I thought we could have accelerated a bit more. We were talking to the batters during the batters during ISNJATE Better, “said DC Skipper Axar Patel after the Victory.