Ravindra Jadeja got CSK back in the game with two wickets in the 9th over of Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) innings with the wickets of Devdutt Padikkal and Sanju Samson.
While Padikkal was caught in the deep on the leg-side, after mishitting his slog, CSK All Rounder had the RR captain, RR Skipper, with a jaffa.
BOWLED!!!
It was a cracker-jack of a delivery from the left-arm spinner whose length Samson failed to read properly. A fast-ish delivery that pitched on full length, but Samson was beaten in the air and made the mistake of going on the backfoot to his full-length ball.
The ball gripped slightly and turned past Samson’s outside edge, bamboozling the RR skipper completely. The ball rattled into the stumps and the off stump was out of the ground as the passionate Chepauk crowd celebrated on top of their voices.
Watch: Ravindra Jadeja bowls Sanju Samson with a jaffa
.@imjadeja on 🔥
He gets the wickets of Devdutt Padikkal and #RR captain Sanju Samson in the same over 👏 👏@ChennaiIPL are on a roll here 👍 👍
Watch those wickets 🔽
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This is also Sanju Samson’s second duck in a row, after being dismissed for 0 by Kuldeep Yadav in the previous match against Delhi Capitals.
Playing XIs of both teams:
RR (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Kuldeep Sen, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal
CSK (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Sisanda Magala, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Singh
RR Subs: Riyan Parag, Donavon Ferreira, KM Asif, Adam Zampa, Joe Root
CSK Subs: Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, RS Hangargekar
MS Dhoni is playing his 200th IPL match as CSK’s captain. He becomes the first player to lead a single franchise in 200 IPL matches.
Speaking on this special occasion, MS Dhoni said: “It feels good and also I feel the crowd has been fantastic. Also the fact that we started in the old stadium, it was very hot and humid. But now it feels like we’re playing in Switzerland. It’s good to play. We have seen cricket change – how T20 was played at that point of time till now, a lot has changed. The crowd has been fantastic.”
