Yuzvendra Chahal showed why leg-spinners are considered match-winners in IPL, says Malinga

Chahal (5/40 in 4 overs) removed Venkatesh Iyer off his first delivery in the 17th over and then Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Mavi and Pat Cummins off the fourth, fifth and sixth balls to completely turn the match on its head and hand RR a close seven-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday night.

This was after Jos Buttler’s 61-ball 103, his second ton of the season, helped Royals scored an imposing 217 for five.

Yuzi khush, Bhabhi khush aur hum bhi khush. Truly a “hat-trick day” 💗😁#Royalsfamily | @yuzi_chahalpic.twitter.com/swkKSiUr3E

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 18, 2022

“Leg-spinners have more wicket taking options and he showed today how he can get wickets and changed the game in a single over. I think he showed all the leg-spinners that they are the match-winning bowlers in this competition.”

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“You can’t allow good players like Chahal to enter the game when there’s pressure on. We played a good game but just made a couple of silly mistakes.

“With four overs to go, we were in the driver’s seat but then some silly mistakes and not being able to handle pressure as well as we should have cost us the game.”

Two words: 𝗬𝗨𝗭𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗛𝗔𝗟 💗#RoyalsFamily | #HallaBol | #RRvKKR | @HappiloIndiapic.twitter.com/kntxkpbMZt

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 18, 2022

With six points from seven games, KKR are currently placed sixth in the points table and the Kiwi said they need stick together as a unit and keep pushing one another.

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