Despite the competitive nature of the game, funny moments have often been witnessed on cricket fields which bring laughter to fans as well as players. Such a scene happened when the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja, knowing Liam Livingstone was out of the crease, hilariously tried to run him out after taking Atharva Taide’s catch.
Chasing 201, Punjab Kings reached 112/3 in 13 overs against CSK at Chepauk, requiring 89 off the last 42 balls. Liam Livingstone and Sam Curran were in the middle, and to clinch an unlikely triumph, the visitors relied on the duo at the crease more than anyone else.
Keeping the match situation in mind, Ravindra Jadeja, after just taking a couple of wickets in two overs, brought fear into their supporters’ hearts albeit for a few seconds.
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The second ball of the 11th over that Jadeja bowled to Atharva Taide was flat outside off stump. Taide went down the track, only to hit the Kookaburra straight to Jadeja and gift a straightforward return catch. In between, Livingstone was outside the non-striker’s end after the ball was bowled, and Ravindra Jadeja pretended to drop the ball to run the Englishman out. Although the all-rounder took the bail off, Jadeja did all of it for fun, and Taide started walking towards the pavilion after a difficult 17-ball 13.
Here is the video of the incident:
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Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
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Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Atharva Taide, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Liam Livingstone, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
The netizens took little time to react to the whole incident in a match where two teams were competing toe-to-toe until the incident.
Atharva Taide needs to get going, it's his job to take on Ravindra Jadeja & make it easier for the RBHs. He can't take singles on Jadeja & make RHBs take him on & vice versa against Moeen Ali.#CSKvsPBKS
— Vipul Ghatol 🇮🇳 (@Vipul_Espeaks) April 30, 2023
Jadeja doesn't drop any! Especially, the
caught and bowled opportunities! He also
runs the non-strike out!#CSKvsPBKS— Shaha Alom (@shahaalom0) April 30, 2023
The wicket of Atharva is a perfect example why you can't shit talk about Sir Jadeja
— AKSHAT GUPTA (@akshatg1709) April 30, 2023
Poor innings from Atharva Taide & very good bowling from Ravindra Jadeja.#CSKvsPBKS
— Vipul Ghatol 🇮🇳 (@Vipul_Espeaks) April 30, 2023
I think Jadeja trolled Livingstone there for the Non striker runout 🌚#CSKvPBKS | #IPL | #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/hEbqWLiYMo
— Krish (@archer_KC14) April 30, 2023
Jadeja Saab didn’t want Atharva’s wicket. You are the man. Right intentions sirrrr
— Adhi (@adithya243) April 30, 2023
Won't really fancy Livingstone vs SLAs personally especially if it's someone like Jadeja who's been in top form this year. Curran could've been the right choice.
— Stephen N (@albatrosscric) April 30, 2023
Jadeja wants Livingstone Wicket 🤣
— 🎰 (@bottom_hand) April 30, 2023
