[Watch] Huge Mix-Up Costs Chennai Super Kings Ambati Rayudu’s Wicket

The Chennai Super Kings are in deep trouble against the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium in the opening clash of IPL 2022. Ambati Rayudu, who looked good at the crease, has been sent back packing by Shreyas Iyer.

Ambati Rayudu came out to bat in the fifth over after Umesh Yadav dismissed Devon Conway for just three runs. He slammed a six and a boundary in his short stay at the crease. A huge mix-up between him and the Chennai Super Kings skipper Ravindra Jadeja resulted in Rayudu’s dismissal.

In the ninth over, Jadeja pushed a ball off the back foot towards the short midwicket off Sunil Narine. Ambati Rayudu, who was at the non-striker’s end, ran down the pitch and was almost in the middle when Jadeja did not look eager, denied the run.

Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer threw the ball towards Narine, who made no mistake to take the wickets off in time.

Watch Ambati Rayudu’s dismissal here:

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Big shoes to fill in: Ravindra Jadeja on taking over the captaincy reigns from MS Dhoni

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who took over the captaincy reigns from Mahendra Singh Dhoni, expressed his excitement about the new role. Mahendra Singh Dhoni handed over the captaincy baton to Jadeja, just a few days back. Speaking about it, at the toss ceremony, Ravindra Jadeja acknowledged, that these are big shoes to fill in. He said,

“Big shoes to fill in. Happy and excited for the new role.”

Meanwhile, the Chennai Super Kings have lost half of their team for just 61 runs on the board. Both the openers – Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, and Ambati Rayudu were already back in the hut.

All-rounder Shivam Dubey is the lastest to join them. Skipper Ravindra Jadeja is at the crease with Mahendra Singh Dhoni. For the Kolkata Knight Riders, Umesh Yadav has picked two, while Varun Chakravarthy and Andre Russell have taken one each.