On Saturday, April 8 against Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings’ star all-arounder Ravindra Jadeja was unstoppable with the bat. 12 of the IPL 2023 took place at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.
The left-arm spin bowling all-rounder, 34, who had a quota of four overs for just 20 overs, picked up three wickets. Earning him Player of the Match honours. Ishan Kishan, a MI wicketkeeper and batsman, was dismissed for 32 runs. Cameron Green, an Australian all-rounder, was dismissed for 12 runs.
In the seventh over of MI’s innings, he first got rid of Ishan to start off his tally.
On the first ball of the ninth over. He took a superb reflex catch of his own bowling to get rid of Green.
The 23-year-old Green, who was signed in the mini-auctions last year for Rs 17.50 crore, lost his second straight game. He was a little unlucky this time around too. As Jadeja made one of the best catches to end his time in the middle.
From the match day. The clip of Cameroon Green’s catch by Jadeja has gone trending and shared on social media platforms. In addition, a ten-year-old tweet from CSK captain MS Dhoni is also making the rounds.
The 10-year-old tweet says, “Sir Jadeja doesn’t run to grab the catch but the ball finds him and lands on his hand.”
Also on Saturday during the game, something very similar occurred.
The ball couldn’t get elevation and went straight to Jadeja with the speed of a bullet. Jadeja was quick to react and completed the catch. The right-handed batsman Cameroon Green played an intense shot to hit straight to the ground over the bowler’s head. But the ball couldn’t get height and landed on Jadeja’s hand.
Along with Jadeja, Dhoni also made an impact on the game by once again demonstrating why DRS is known as the Dhoni Review System. He successfully disputed the on-field umpire’s judgment to end the world No. Suryakumar Yadav remains at the crease for one T20I batter.
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