MI vs RR: Ravindra Jadeja makes Shardul pay for costly no-ball with banter, boundaries
Shardul Thakur thought he had Ravindra Jadeja, only for a no-ball to drag him back. Jadeja answered with banter, two boundaries and laughter on both sides.
They say never celebrate early during a cricket match, and Shardul Thakur was reminded of it funnily by Ravindra Jadeja during the MI vs RR game at the Wankhede Stadium. MI vs RR: Updates | Scorecard
Jadeja was dismissed by Shardul off the fourth ball of the over and decided to celebrate the wicket aggressively. But just as the team was getting into a huddle, the dreaded no-ball siren went off inside the stadium. This gave Jadeja the chance to get back at his compatriot and celebrate aggressively back at Shardul.
He then rubbed salt into the wounds of Shardul, hitting him for back-to-back boundaries. Then Jadeja celebrated once again, which brought out laughter inside both camps. In the end, all was well between the two, and they shared a laugh as well. You can see a bit of the banter below:
Jadeja's blitz in the end proved to be vital as RR got to 205 runs in their 20 overs on a tricky Wankhede pitch.
RR STRUGGLE FOR CONSISTENCY
The Royals were put into bat, and MI had them inside a spin choke early on. With Jasprit Bumrah rested for the game, MI used Will Jacks, Allah Ghazanfar and Raghu Sharma within the powerplay to ensure that the pressure on the Royals.
Sooryavanshi failed to make an impact on the day, scoring 4 off 6 balls. Each time it looked like Rajasthan had momentum going, they were pegged consistently and were reeling at 139 for six in 15.3 overs. From there, Jofra Archer scored 32 off 15 balls to get RR close to a big total before Nandre Burger and Jadeja's partnership of 30 from 12 balls got RR to 205.
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