Albie Morkel Recalls His 28-Run Over Against RCB In IPL 2012

Albie Morkel, former South African all-rounder was noted as a talented player who played for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL. In the cash-rich league, he played several games for MS Dhoni and Co. However, the one match between CSK and RCB in 2012 will never be forgotten by either him or his fans.

The young 38 years old recently addressed his happy knock of 28 runs off seven balls, which helped CSK snatch a win from the loss jaws on RCB. In IPL 2012, the RCB led by Daniel Vettori managed 205 runs in a total of 20 overs. During the chase, CSK needed an improbable 43 runs off the last 12 balls.

It is magical to look back at, says Albie Morkel

Albie Morkel was the strike’s batsman. Thus, Virat Kohli, considered part-time bowler, received the ball in the penultimate segment. The former All-rounder from Proteas has completed 28 runs, which has reduced the equation to 15 runs over the last six balls to turn the game on its head. In the 20th over, Morkel was dismissed, but the damage was done while the CSK went on to win the match off the final ball.

Morkel said he didn’t know why Daniel Vettori gave the penultimate over to Kohli in the interactions about the same thing. The South African recalled that he only thought to hit some boundaries so he could reach the target and managed to hit 28 runs. In addition, he also explained that the new RCB skipper was not expected to bowl the crucial overs.

“We were out of the game, again, that’s one of the evenings. The game was in RCB’s bag … I didn’t have any idea why the Virat was bowled. He shouldn’t have bowled that anyway, with all due respect to him. In the last 18th over the last ball, we lost a wicket.

“We left 19th and 20th. Off two we needed 42. I went in on No. 7. You look at the scoreboard and you’re like, ‘oh no, forty-out of two, it’s unlikely.’ You walk in and then you see the bowling of Virat, and then I thought ‘if I could link a few, maybe we could get close. In my career, the moment lasted for about 15 minutes. Looking back at it’s beautiful, “Morkel told CSK in a YouTube chat.