With being the first team to qualify for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 playoff room, the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team is breathing easy. The Yellow Brigade, after an impressive Indian leg of the tournament, has been unbeatable in the UAE leg, scripting a hat-trick of victories to occupy the top spot in the table.
The cheerful mood of the CSK camp was for all to see in a recent video, posted on IPL’s official broadcaster Star Sports’ official Twitter, where Shardul Thakur can be seen interviewing all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja after his sensational, match-winning performance against KKR. Notably, Jadeja smashed Prasidh Krishna for a couple of sixes and as many fours in the penultimate over to take CSK within a touching distance of going over the finish line while chasing 172.
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Meanwhile, during the duo’s conversation, Deepak Chahar was seen intervening while consuming some eatables, leaving everyone in the room including Jadeja and Thakur in splits. Speaking about his performance, Jadeja said: “I was under pressure, I was thinking about my strength, finally I hit 20 runs in second last over and winning my team from there and so I am feeling very happy today.”
Jadeja played a brilliant knock of 8-ball 22 had left CSK needing only four runs of the last over, bowled by Sunil Narine, who dismissed Jadeja and delivered a couple of dot balls to take the game to the last ball with a run needed. Although, Deepak Chahar ensured that Jadeja’s efforts were good enough for them to go over the line, as he took his team across the line.
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After the match, Player of the Match Jadeja appreciated openers Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad as they gave a brilliant start to CSK. He sad, “Rutu [Ruturaj Gaikwad] and Faf [du Plessis] gave us a good start. You need to be collective as a unit, whether with bat or ball. I was just backing my strength. He [Prasidh Krishna] was bowling with fine leg and square leg up. I thought he would bowl full outside off, and slow short ball.”
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He further added, “I thought he would give one ball up, and luckily, I connected well. After you have played five-day cricket and then to come to white-ball cricket, I was working on my bat swing. I wanted to repeat whatever I was doing. The runs in the second-last over turned out to be the match-winning over for us.’
