IPL 2020: Flop XI of the first two weeks
Some of the biggest names in the cricket world are yet to fire in the T20 extravaganza.
4. Kedar Jadhav (CSK)
Suresh Raina’s unavailability this season gave a major blow to the Super Kings even before the tournament started. The southpaw has been the side’s all-time highest run-scorer, and his absence from that batting order has left a gaping hole in the CSK top-order.
Captain MS Dhoni, to his credit, has tried plugging that hole with a variety of approaches. Sadly, neither of them has been long-term solutions, and have mostly backfired. Probably none worse than the gamble of promoting Kedar Jadhav to bat at number 4 against SRH.
Chasing 165, Jadhav looked extremely uncomfortable during his uneventful 10-ball-stay at the crease, which yielded only 3 runs. His weariness further reflected on Faf du Plessis and MS Dhoni’s batting, neither of whom looked in proper rhythm to hunt down the target.
Jadhav’s wasted deliveries ultimately came back to haunt the side in the last over, where Chennai were left requiring 28 to win. Dhoni and Sam Curran scored 20 of those, but were left wanting by 7 runs.
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