Chennai Super Kings defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 69 runs in the 19th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday. Chasing a 192-run target, RCB managed to score 122 for nine in 20 overs. Ravindra Jadeja put on an all-round performance for Chennai. He took three wickets for Bangalore, scoring 62 not out in the first innings. With this, Jadeja has made a big record in his name. He became the first player to score 50 runs and three wickets from Chennai.
No player has done this for CSK in IPL history before Ravindra Jadeja. However, in the IPL, 10 players have scored three wickets and 50 runs in a game. Jadeja played a furious innings of 62 off 28 balls. Jadeja scored an unbeaten 62 off 28 balls with four fours and five sixes, his highest score in T20. Jadeja hit five boundaries and one boundary in Herschel Patel’s over in the 20th over. Nobol was among them. A total of 37 runs were scored in this over, making it the joint most expensive overs in IPL history.
Thanks to Jadeja’s stormy innings, Chennai scored 191 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs. Jadeja then broke RCB’s bowling. He took 3 for 13 in four overs in his quota. He threw an over maiden. Jadeja dismissed Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers and Washington Sunder. In addition, Jadeja expelled Daniel Christian from the field. Ravindra Jadeja was awarded the Man of the Match for his performance.
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