MSD finishes the innings off in style! Yes, we have heard this for Kazillion times before when MS bats and it was no different this time around when he went out to bat with Chennai in a difficult situation at 61-5. With half of their batters back in the dugout, Came the Messiah of Indian cricket & CSK who has bailed his team out of such situation not just once, twice or thrice but a million times! Yes, we exaggerated that a bit but that’s what happens when we talk about the great man, MSD!
A man who is playing a T20i Match after 162 days! YES!! you heard that right, a match after 162 days. A bit rusty initially when he walked into bat as any other cricketer would be. And the classic strategy that teams have been using against MSD was deployed to attack with spinners from both the ends. MS did take some time to settle in and was playing at a strike rate of just 44 at one point.
Then, As the death overs came, as they say, Cometh’ the hour cometh the man! The man with the highest runs in death overs in IPL History was batting with ZERO matches under his belt for the past 162 days. Fortune favors the brave! got his first boundary of a misfield and a top edged SIX of a NO-Ball but that helped to get the momentum going and in the last over, we saw the good g(old) MAHI BOTTOM HAND. That bottom hand, that damned bottom hand, And the ball went to the boundary like a tracer bullet.
At a time where the new captain Jadeja was finding it difficult to even connect one ball the former captain was just doing business as usual in the death overs, Punishing the bowlers left, right and center! Just like fine wine, MSD just gets better & better with age. That special vintage MSD innings took CSK from 61-5 to a respectable total of 131.
However, that wasn’t enough for CSK as the Knight riders from Kolkata won the match quite comfortably with 9 balls to spare as KKR got a solid start from another Indian veteran – Ajinkya Rahane who showed us glimpses of the good old JINX in his prime. CSK did manage to take some crucial wickets in the middle but the newly appointed captain worth 12.25 crores, Shreyas Iyer was able to keep his composure and take the team of to a rather comfortable victory over the defending champions and avenge for the IPL 2021 Finals!
Ravindra jadeja has got off to an unlucky start as the captain. Predictions are on for tomorrow's double header. Whether Rohit Sharma led Mumbai Indians can start their IPL campaign with a win or Rishabh pant & DC will get the better of the 5 times IPL champions ?
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The face off between the new IPL Captains! Faf du plesis led RCB vs Mayank agarwals Punjab kings? Who will win their first match as IPL captains.
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