IPL 2018
IPL 2018: Kuldeep Yadav dismisses Ajinkya Rahane
By B Dixit - May 23, 2018 11:04 pm
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During the Eliminator of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Kolkata, Kolkata Knight Riders’ Kuldeep Yadav dismissed the opposition captain in Ajinkya Rahane after the latter failed to read his wrong one.

After Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and put the home team in to bat, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 169-7 in their allotted quota of 20 overs. Dinesh Karthik’s 16th IPL half-century came in a situation where his team desperately needed a captain’s knock.

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Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Ajinkya Rahane.

Rahane had come in to open the innings alongside Rahul Tripathi. Kuldeep Yadav was introduced into the bowling attack in the first over after the powerplay. Bowling economical overs, he dismissed Ajinkya Rahane to change the course of the match.

It happened on the first delivery of the 15th over when Rahane played a sweep shot without judging the pace of the ball. The ball lobbed off the toe end of his bat, going into the hands of the bowler. Ajinkya Rahane ended up scoring 46 (41) with the help of four fours and a six over the point boundary.

Watch the full video of Ajinkya Rahane’s dismissal: