IPL 2024: Tushar Deshpande, Ravindra Jadeja rattle KKR with three-fers
Chennai Super Kings stars Tushar Deshpande and Ravindra Jadeja rattled the Kolkata Knight Riders batting line-up in Match 22 of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL). Both bowlers claimed three wickets apiece as the Knight Riders were restricted to 137/9 while batting first at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium. Their brilliance meant KKR collapsed despite being 56/1 at one stage. Here are further details.
Sensational spells from CSK duo
Deshpande struck with the very first ball of the game as Philip Salt departed for a duck. Sunil Narine and Angkrish Raghuvanshi then consolidated for KKR with a fiery 56-run stand in no time. Jadeja, however, dismissed both batters in his first over before getting the better of Venkatesh Iyer. Meanwhile, Deshpande dismissed dashers Rinku Singh and Andre Russell toward the end.
Fourth-highest wicket-taker versus KKR
Jadeja was the pick of the CSK bowlers, having claimed 3/18 in four overs. He has now raced to 22 wickets across 31 games against KKR (ER: 7.36). Only Bhuvneshwar Kumar (32), Yuzvendra Chahal (28), and Ravichandran Ashwin (24) own more wickets against the opposition. Jadeja surpassed his former teammate Dwayne Bravo's tally of wickets versus KKR (21).
Jadeja's overall IPL numbers
Jadeja has raced to 156 wickets in 231 IPL games at an economy of 7.58. The tally includes three four-wicket hauls and a solitary fifer. In CSK colors, he boasts 138 wickets in 177 matches (ER: 7.66). With the bat, Jadeja has 2,776 IPL runs at a decent strike rate of 128.94. He has smoked a couple of half-centuries in the competition.
Here are Deshpande's stats
Deshpande finished his spell with 3/33 in four overs. With this three-fer, he has tallied 30 wickets in 28 IPL appearances at a higher economy of 9.84 (5 wickets versus KKR). He was CSK's highest wicket-taker last season with 21 scalps (ER: 9.92). Overall, he has raced to 104 T20 wickets in 72 games, conceding runs at around 8.5 runs per over.