Twitter Reactions: Ravindra Jadeja's crazy hitting in final over propels CSK to 191 against RCB

Jadeja slammed 62 off 28 balls hitting four fours and five sixes.

Published - 25 Apr 2021, 17:44 IST | Updated - 25 Apr 2021, 17:44 IST

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The top two teams, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 faced on Sunday afternoon at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. MS Dhoni won the toss and opted to bat first citing heat as one of the reasons. The Men in Yellow batted well at the start but slowed down considerably as the innings progressed with the RCB bowlers pulling it back nicely.

However, all the efforts went in vain in the final over as Ravindra Jadeja smacked five massive sixes and a four off Harshal Patel to propel his team to 191 runs after 20 overs. It was crazy hitting from the southpaw as he forced Harshal who had taken three wickets until then to bowl to his strengths and plundered as many as 37 runs in the over.

CSK had scored 154 runs after 19 overs and RCB had it under control until then before their best bowler of the season lost the plot. It started with Ravindra Jadeja smacking a six over cow corner. The second maximum also went in the same area. To make things worse, Harshal bowled a waist-high full toss which went for a six as well.

Things went from worse to double-worse as the free-hit also went out of the ground and all the fielders looked helpless. To cap off the over, Jadeja slammed the final ball for four to churn out a massive 37 runs from the over. He also scored a 25-ball fifty ending the innings unbeaten on 62 off just 28 deliveries.

Ravindra Jadeja was dropped on 0 by Daniel Christian

RCB had themselves to blame for the situation as Daniel Christian had dropped Ravindra Jadeja when he was yet to open his account. It came back to haunt them big time and have to chase down 192 to register their fifth consecutive win of the season. Jadeja will also have a role to play with the ball now as the ball is turning.

As far as the other batsmen are concerned, Faf du Plessis continued his good form from the last game scoring 50 off 40 deliveries. Ruturaj Gaikwad also did well mustering 33 runs off 25 balls. But all the limelight was stolen by Ravindra Jadeja who changed the complexion of the game completely.

Here’s how Twitter reacted to his batting:

Sir Ravindra Jadeja alright @imjadeja #VIVOIPL #CSKvRCB 👏👏
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) April 25, 2021

Crickets interesting… we know 192 at Wankhede is more than possible to chase. The mind set of the @RCBTweets batters will be interesting. Often 6 (or 7balls in this case) can swing a teams psyche… when in actual fact 192 as a whole is an attainable target pre game. #CSKvRCB
— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) April 25, 2021

Sir Jadeja! What an innings. No one hits singles or doubles as easily as Jaddu was hitting sixes today ! Purple cap holder Patel ki aisi dhunai! @imjadeja #CSKvRCB
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) April 25, 2021

WHAT A KNOCK !!! Rockstar Jaddu 👏 He did warn us earlier #CSKvRCB #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/8E7DRTm2hz
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) April 25, 2021

Ball 6 aur run 37. Only Sir Jadeja can do it. Unbelievable hitting against the purple cap holder. #CSKvRCB
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 25, 2021

@imjadeja you beauty! 6 6 6nb 2 6 6 4! It was @RCBTweets on top vs @ChennaiIPL till the 19th,
Unbelievable hitting, 37 runs of the last! What a knock , one of the best hitting I have seen in the ipl! #CSKvRCB #CSK pic.twitter.com/nHHxCPHzsr
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth) April 25, 2021

Vera level batting @imjadeja super hitting 👌💪 #CSKvRCB @ChennaiIPL @IPL
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 25, 2021

Purple patch against a Purple cap 🧢 The Fitness too 👏🏼, take a bow @imjadeja
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) April 25, 2021

Fantastic @imjadeja !! 6666264 reasons why he should be in the biggest contract @BCCI 😜😜 #IPL2021 @whistIepodu
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) April 25, 2021