Well it's sports. And cricket is a game of such uncertainties. Look at yesterday's game between Rajasthan Royals led by Sanju Samson and Punjab Kings led by K l Rahul.

When the Royals needed five runs to win off two balls against Arshdeep Singh in the 222 chase, Samson, batting on 119, pushed the ball to wide long-off and sent Chris Morris back.

Samson trusted himself to hit a six off the final ball and he nearly pulled it off but ended up slicing the ball to deep cover where Deepak Hooda took the catch only a few yards inside the boundary, and the Royals fell short by four runs.

"I think Sanju backed himself to get the job done and he nearly did," teach directoe and former Sri Lankan player Kumar Sangakkara said at the post-match press conference. "He was five or six yards short of hitting the last ball for a six and sometimes when you know you're hitting the ball well and you're in form and you believe that you can do it, you've got to take that responsibility. And it was really encouraging to see Sanju do that.

We can always talk about a missed single here or there but the crucial thing.

Sanju took it upon himself to finish that game and he just fell a few yards short. That happens, but the next time I'll believe he'll hit it that 10 yards further to win us the game.

So was it right not to rotate strike to Morris, who otherwise has a T20 strike rate of 150 and is a fearless lower-order batsman, had missed one ball, struck one straight to cover and managed only two singles after coming in to bat in the 19th over when the Royals needed 21 to win from 11 balls, as a detailed report in ESPNCRICINFO says.

That might have led Samson to giving himself a higher chance of hitting the last ball for six than giving the strike to Morris to hit a four on the final ball.

Then even if you fail, fail interestingly!