Days after dropping an absolute sitter against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), the veteran Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was seen coming back to his best on Sunday as he took a sublime catch to dismiss Kings XI Punjab’s Nicholas Pooran. Widely regarded as one of the best all-rounders in the gentlemen’s game, Jadeja had an eventful outing when MS Dhoni-led CSK locked horns with KL Rahul’s KXIP on the 18th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) in Dubai. 

Punjab skipper Rahul won the toss and elected to bat first and he along with star batsman Mayank Agarwal got Punjab off to a good start as 2014 runners-up touched down the 60-run mark inside the ninth over.

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At a time when Punjab was looking to go a were hoping to put up a gigantic total on the board, but the highly effective bowling from Shardul Thakur and Dwayne Bravo helped Chennai to bounce back in the slog overs. Talking about CSK pace ace Shardul, he took a couple of wickets in two balls in the 18th over to shatter KXIP’s hopes of setting up a big total in Dubai.

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Shardul’s first victim was Pooran, who was sent packing when Jadeja took a brilliant catch in the deep. Pooran, who provided Punjab a late flourish in the death overs was trying to smoke another six in the 18th over. However, he failed to clear Jadeja, who was stationed at deep mid-wicket.

Here is the video of the catch:

Pooran’s shot had the elevation but he failed to clear the required distance as Jadeja reverse-cupped a stunning catch on the boundary line. Talking about the match, Punjab scored a competitive 178/4 in 20 overs after choosing to bat first against CSK. While Thakur emerged as the pick of the bowlers and took a brace of wickets, the CSK pacer was equally supported by Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo, who kept things airtight for the Punjab batsmen.