Delhi Capitals pacer, Avesh Khan has shared his delight after getting the ‘dream wicket’ of MS Dhoni. He had managed to send Dhoni’s leg stump for a cartwheel as the CSK skipper suffered a 2-ball duck. He was more delighted because he finally got the wicket for the former Indian skipper after missing an opportunity in 2018.
The 24-years-old fast was included in the team ahead of Umesh Yadav with Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, and Ishant Sharma missing in Delhi’s first match of the season in Mumbai, April 10. In the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy earlier this year, while playing for Madhya Pradesh, he managed to scalp 14 wickets from just five matches. New DC skipper Rishabh Pant might have made a call on selecting Khan over the senior pros based on that as he took a couple of wickets against CSK.
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Avesh also got the wicket of Faf du Plessis in his first spell to not allow the Chennai team to start off well with the bat. In his second spell, he dismissed Dhoni as well. Khan had missed an opportunity to get his dream wicket of MS Dhoni once back in 2018 when Colin Munro dropped his catch. He also said that the Delhi management planned that Dhoni hasn’t played any cricket for the last six months should be beneficial for them.
He made the ball do talking and rose to the occasion 💙
📹 | Avesh Khan chats with us about his performance in #CSKvDC, getting the big wickets of Faf and MSD, and if DC has the best pace attack in the IPL 🔥#YehHaiNayiDilli #IPL2021 #CapitalsUnplugged @OctaFX @TajMahalMumbai pic.twitter.com/nxwPodlWtq
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 11, 2021
“In a video released by the franchise, Avesh Khan was heard saying, “Three years ago Mahi bhai’s (MS Dhoni) catch was dropped. Mahi bhai’s wicket is my dream wicket, and now three years later I’ve fulfilled that dream and I’m very happy about it. It’s also that he hasn’t played cricket in a while, he hasn’t been playing matches, so our plan was to initially maintain pressure on him, and I got the wicket because of the pressure.”
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Delhi will be locking horns with the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their next match in Mumbai on April 15. Avesh Khan talked about the fast-bowling resources which their team has. With Chris Woakes, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma already in the squad, they also have Rabada, who has taken more than 50 wickets in the last two seasons altogether. Anrich Nortje, too, was extremely successful for them.