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Rizvi comes of age to dismantle fast bowling - ESPN
Karthik KrishnaswamyApr 4, 2026, 04:48 AMShort and wide. Together, over the long arc of cricket's history, these two words have almost always denoted a bad ball, and almost always one delivered through loss of control.It isn't so simple in T20s, though. When Corbin Bosch bowled short and wide at Sameer Rizvi in the 11th over of Delhi Capitals' (DC) chase of 163 against Mumbai Indians (MI), he probably did so because he wanted to. The square boundary on the off side was both more distant from the batter - 67m to 60m on the other side - and well-protected, with a deep third and a deep point just in front of square.Bosch had already gone for two fours earlier in the over, and he was hoping to get out of it by getting Rizvi off strike and bowling his last ball to David Miller, who was new to the crease and not yet off the mark.It wasn't necessarily a good ball, but it wasn't a bad one either. Certainly not as bad as Rizvi made it look.Mohammad Azharuddin threw his bat at similar balls in a similar way to Rizvi, with a lasso-like overhead flourish, but he seldom, if ever, hit them for six. Virender Sehwag hit sixes off balls like that, but did so with a far more minimalist bat-swing. Rizvi channelled both of them into a whirling slap that deep point simply stood and watched as it disappeared into the crowd to his left.Wristy used to mean something old-school, genteel. Rizvi (Wristvi?) and a few others in the T20 game - Lhuan-dre Pretorius would be another example - have given that word an entirely new connotation.On Saturday afternoon in Delhi, Rizvi walked into something like a crisis situation, in less-than-ideal batting conditions, for the second IPL 2026 match in a row. Before this season began, it wasn't clear if Rizvi would even start for DC; such are their reserves of Indian batting talent. Abishek Porel, Ashutosh Sharma and Karun Nair have all played impactful innings for DC in the past and had all played more games for DC last season than Rizvi did.Between then and now, however, something had shifted. That he had a high ceiling was evident from the time Chennai Super Kings (CSK) fought off two other teams - including DC - to sign him for INR 8.40 ahead of IPL 2024. He had only batted nine times in T20s at that point.High-ceiling players can have areas of vulnerability, however, and it was clear from Rizvi's first two IPL seasons that his teams - CSK let him go after just one season, and DC snapped him up for less than an eighth of his previous auction ...
20-run over! Sameer Rizvi 'Bosses' Corbin Bosch - IPLT20
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IPL: Sameer Rizvi rules again as Capitals beat Mumbai Indians
Cameos by Naman Dhir (28), Mitchell Santner (18*) and Corbin Bosch (11*) took the MI total past 160, but it did not prove anywhere enough, especially with Rizvi in the mood he was.
IPL 2026: Sameer Rizvi's masterclass floors Mumbai Indians; Delhi ...
Rizvi struggled initially and was 11 off 17 balls at one stage. The 22-year-old broke free with a six off Corbin Bosch in the ninth over. However, the match remained in the balance as Mitchell ...
