In T20 cricket, the scoreboard must keep ticking and the boundaries must keep coming. Edges, mishits, unorthodox shots, everything is welcomed in the shorter version of the game. In the Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) clash yesterday, the visitors needed a good start to the last over needing 18 runs to win the match. Ravindra Jadeja was on the strike and it was abundantly clear that Ben Stokes would be bowling full and straight. Jadeja tried going for a maximum and succeeded in digging out the full-pitched delivery and hitting it straight back past the bowler.
But in doing so, he fell down on the pitch with no follow-through at all.
Slip-slap six from Jadeja off Stokes. Proper cricket pic.twitter.com/FDB4iE5oIl
— Paul Radley (@PaulRadley) April 11, 2019
The shot resulted in Stokes falling on the ground as well. From the non-striker end, MS Dhoni came running towards Jadeja as he did not expect the ball to clear the ropes. While Dhoni probably expected Jadeja to get up and try and get a single if the ball doesn’t go all the way, he’d fallen flat in trying to connect the wide yorker to the middle of the bat.
When it’s your bed time but your team needs a SIX for victory. Ultra Legend Sir Jadeja. #RRvCSK #CSKvRR pic.twitter.com/EUkJLDVsk5
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 11, 2019
At one point, both Stokes and Jadeja were in the same frame lying on the ground. The hilarious scene amused the commentators and the netizens:
When Sir Jadeja Came to know about MS Dhoni sleeping on the floor at Airport #CSKvRR #RRvCSK Dhoni pic.twitter.com/FJHHZvRss4
— Radhika (@MeRadhiika) April 12, 2019
She : I like people who are down to earth !!!
Jaddu & Stokes pic.twitter.com/jGfao3yoo3— D.S.R (@mataranikabhakt) April 11, 2019
Bangladesh players will be so jealous
Sir jadeja hitting six while doing nagin dance.#Legend pic.twitter.com/9EV7dSmxRh
— Bruce Wayne (@WaizArd20) April 11, 2019
The PUBG reference
Sir jadeja hitting six while doing nagin dance.#Legend pic.twitter.com/9EV7dSmxRh
— Bruce Wayne (@WaizArd20) April 11, 2019
Give me one more
Gym Trainer: 20 push up maaro
Me after 1 pushup #RRvCSK #CSKvRR pic.twitter.com/NcaTTeCVnN
— Rishabh Srivastava (@AskRishabh) April 11, 2019
Below the belt
Jaddu to Ben – there is a high court judge in the stands..lol #RRvCSK #Jadeja #Stokes #IPL2019 pic.twitter.com/SQ5gI9kg0S
— Aaron Dsilva (@aaron_dsilva) April 12, 2019
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