Ravindra Jadeja had a massive task at hand when Chennai Super Kings (CSK) headed out to face the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the opening game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Prior to the game, MS Dhoni handed over the CSK captain to him, and he became only the third skipper for the Yellow Army in the history of the tournament.
After being put into bat first, the Super Kings found themselves in all sorts of strife. Robin Uthappa played a handy 28-run knock and looked set before Varun Chakravarthy accounted for his wicket courtesy of a brilliant stumping from Sheldon Jackson. Jadeja came to bat with CSK’s score at 49 for three in 8.4 overs. Thereafter, the CSK skipper saw Ambati Rayudu and Shivam Dube go back to the hut.
Ravindra Jadeja straining a wee bit
From there on, Jadeja put on an unbeaten partnership of 70 runs with MS Dhoni for the sixth wicket. But while Dhoni looked at his very best, Jadeja found it a little tough to get going. Jadeja is known for playing the big shots, but he somehow found it tough to get hold of the KKR bowlers. In his first 27 balls, Jadeja threw his bat around, but couldn’t fetch more than singles and doubles.
But he finished off the innings in style with a massive six off Andre Russell. The Jamaican Russell churned out a low full-toss and Jadeja’s eyes lit up on seeing it. The batter went deep onto the leg side to get under the ball and it worked in his favour. The southpaw sliced the ball over the cover region and it went over the ropes with relative ease.
Russell was expensive in his last over as he gave away as many as 18 runs, including two more fours off Dhoni. Jadeja, in the meantime, ended his knock at 26 off 28 with one six and played at a strike rate of 92.86. Thereafter, the netizens reacted to Jadeja’s last-ball six and lauded him for the impressive shot.
Here’s how the netizens reacted to Ravindra Jadeja smashing the last-ball six in the IPL game against KKR
last ball la six adichi finisher kidutheenga parunga @imjadeja thalapthy pic.twitter.com/gcPP9BIHOI
— KOODALTWITZ (@koodaltwitz) March 26, 2022
Thalapathy six of final ball. Amazing
— Winston jarvis (@Winstonjarvis33) March 26, 2022
#Jadeja
The Captain of Csk finished the innings with a Six in the final ball…Welcome Captain, I have been seeing this since 2008 😘🦁❤️@ChennaiIPL @imjadeja pic.twitter.com/BvtIH5dWib
— Bibhu (@Bibhu224) March 26, 2022
First innings ended up with six @imjadeja
131-5 in 20 overs#CSKvKKR#IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/82KDJonfCU— R.Sasikumar (@SASIKUMARMR) March 26, 2022
#MSDhoni𓃵 is back. Goat if Cricket.🥵#RavindraJadeja six on the last ball 🔥#CSKvKKR
— Vijay fan😎 (@vijay_theking) March 26, 2022
#CSKvKKR target 132@imjadeja finsh with six 🔥🔥
— Harsha on duty Jun 17th 🔥 (@Harshav28572853) March 26, 2022
#CSKvKKR Thala #MSDhoni showing his masterclass at the #wankhede in opening game of #IPL2022 .
And new captain #RavindraJadeja nervous throughout the innings, ends the innings with a six.
What a start to #IPL2022— Aakash Kumar (@AkashKm01) March 26, 2022
last ball la six adichi finisher kidutheenga parunga @imjadeja thalapthy pic.twitter.com/gcPP9BIHOI
— KOODALTWITZ (@koodaltwitz) March 26, 2022
https://twitter.com/itsravidubey/status/1507745863371980805
Last ball six was epic 😂 @imjadeja @ImRaina @msdhoni
— Sarthak joshi (@Sarthak83983731) March 26, 2022
