IPL 2023: Top Five game-changing moments from the tournament

1. Ravindra Jadeja's last-over batting heroics against Mohit Sharma in the IPL Final

After the horrendous 2022 IPL season, Ravindra Jadeja again proved why he is an integral part of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK). With his 15-run knock off six deliveries in the IPL 2023 final against Gujarat Titans (GT), the veteran showed that he is a man of big matches and he is still a valuable asset for the Yellow Army due to his all-round abilities.

Kicking off the decider match in style, Titans batted fiercely and accumulated 214 runs in their 20 overs, riding on Sai Sudharshan’s 96 off 47. With the curtailing of the match due to incessant rains, the target was reduced to 171 runs in 15 overs. Following the enormous total, CSK batted confidently and took the match deep. However, in the last over the game seemingly slipped out of CSK’s hand as Mohit Sharma started birlliantly by nailing toe crushers.

With 10 required off two deliveries, Jadeja was on strike and his assignment was to hit a couple of boundaries against Mohit Sharma to help his team get hands on the prestigious IPL trophy for the fifth time. Maintaining composure, the southpaw whacked Mohit Sharma for a maximum on the fifth delivery of the final over. However, despite the fabulous six, Jadeja’s job wasn’t done as CSK still required four runs to win on the last ball. After getting hit for a six, Mohit’s confidence gots shaken and he bowled a delivery behind the leg stump, which was sent to a four by the dashing left-handed batter to bag the title for CSK.