Modern problems require modern solutions and with the T20 era, even a batter like Ajinkya Rahane made a comeback from the ages in a new avatar. Rahane first played an audacious reverse scoop to stun the Eden Gardens, only to follow it up with a sumptuous cover drive against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) came out all guns blazing with their explosive batting against KKR on Sunday evening as they raced to 235/4. While such a performance was to be expected given the flat nature of the deck in play in the City of Joy, few could have imagined Ajinkya Rahane would end up with the most unconventional shots in the innings.
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Ajinkya Rahane came to the crease in the eighth over with the score reading 73/1 but looked a bit tame compared to his outlandish brand of batting in the season so far. However, he decided to let it loose when Umesh Yadav returned for his second spell of the game in the 14th over.
The 34-year-old kicked off proceedings with a full-faced slash across the line to dislodge the ball in the leg-side stands for a six but it was the couple of balls that followed that had the Twitterati holding their heads in their hands. Yadav countered with a straight back-of-a-length delivery, only to be left in shock when Rahane turned and played a reverse scooped ball for six right over the wicket-keeper’s head with a shot reminiscent of AB de Villiers.
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Umesh Yadav hoped to limit the damage with a fullish delivery outside off but Ajinkya Rahane had an answer ready as he managed to time the cover drive split the gap to race to the boundary as if a reminder to the world that Rahane still had all his class intact.
Here is the video of the shot from Ajinkya Rahane:
— Surya Sharma (@SuryaSh54265109) April 23, 2023
Here is how the netizens reacted to the shot:
God wasn't able to show his cricketing skills on Earth, that's why he sent Ajinkya Rahane on Earth
— Prakhar (@Prakhar_PS1) April 23, 2023
Rocket Rahane#CSK #MSDhoni𓃵 pic.twitter.com/JTq59KGJ7A
— Prakhar Srivastava 🇮🇳 (@prakhar_srv17) April 23, 2023
Rahane pic.twitter.com/FiAvHb2y54
— தோழர் ஆதி (@RjAadhi2point0) April 23, 2023
Rahane under Dhoni's captaincy #CSKvKKR pic.twitter.com/ctfyOljImx
— Aditya (@itya_adi) April 23, 2023
rahane moving like prime abd , csk what have you done ?
— Anmol Upadhyay (@anmol7ms) April 23, 2023
Rahane ft.ABD aka Mr.360🔥🔥🔥#KKRvCSK #WhistlePodu #ChennaiSuperKings #MSDhoni𓃵 #KKR #IPL2O23
— Mxyzptlk (@mr_mxyzptlkk) April 23, 2023
What CSK did to Rahane man, guy us now challenging ABD.😭🚀
— Unpaired_electron (@i_m_mukul_sahu) April 23, 2023
Bhaad mai jae fifties just enjoy classic shots by rahane and dube #KKRvCSK
— Noob Cricketer080 (@cricketer080) April 23, 2023
Rahane ki toh alag dushmani lag rahi Kkr se, ek dum Abd banke maar raha
— p͏r͏a͏t͏e͏e͏k͏. (@iTheVengeance_) April 23, 2023
