Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batsman Sameer Rizvi made an impactful Indian Premier League (IPL) debut against Gujarat Titans (GT) on Tuesday, he talks It came to a point where the advice he got from the team’s poster boy and legendary former captain MS Dhoni before his debut came up at the main level. The Chepauk bastion remained unscathed as Chennai Super Kings registered a 63-run win over Gujarat Titans in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Monday. .
In this match, Rizvi, who was bought by CSK for Rs 84 crore in the IPL auction held last year, bowled one of the world’s best T20 bowlers with a huge six in the 19th over. 1 Rashid Khan defeated. This was the first ball he faced in his IPL career. He went on to hit him for six more before dying out in a brief but valuable cameo with 14 runs from six balls. Although the number of runs was not that huge, Rizvi stood out with his big batting and positive intentions against world-class bowlers. Many praised him for getting those two sixes off Rashid effortlessly.
In a video posted by the official IPL X account, Rizvi said he is determined to shoot into the sky any ball that comes onto his radar.
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“When I was sent out, the situation in the 19th over was like this, if there was a pass on my radar, I was going to hit the big ball. The first ball was right in my zone and I smashed it Six points,” said Rizvi, who shot to fame with his performance in the UPT20 league last year.
He scored 455 runs in 10 games, averaging over 50 and weighing in at 2 tons. His score is over 188. In 11 T20 games for UP, he scored 295 runs at an average of 49.16 with an SR of over 134 and two fifties.
In early February, Rizvi scored 312 runs off 266 balls in the quarter-final of the CK Nayadu Colonel Trophy against Saurashtra. His knocks were 33 fours and 12 sixes. His run-striking percentage is 117.29.
Rizvi said that he was happy to be selected by the Yellow team as it was his lifelong dream to meet Dhoni.
“When the auction happened, CSK picked me up and I was happy because it was a dream to meet MS Dhoni, let alone play with him. It has come true. I have learned a lot from him and the staff. I Trying to learn to bat as well as possible,” the batsman said.
Recalling Dhoni’s advice, Rizvi said the India World Cup-winning captain asked him to play his natural style of play.
“MSD told me to play the way I want, told me the game is the same, the technique is the same but the mentality is different. He asked me not to feel pressure and play according to the situation. He told me in the first game to Take care of your nerves in front of a big crowd,” said Rizvi.
On his jersey number, Rizvi said he initially wore number seven but later had to choose number one as his favorite number was already taken by Dhoni.
“My jersey number is seven. That’s Baia (Dhoni). Therefore, I can’t get it. So I got the number one jersey. In this team, everyone cares about and supports each other. It was my first time participating in the IPL and everyone was cheering me on wholeheartedly. Whenever I want to ask something, I ask my teammates. I asked them about their batting mentality. I want to learn these things,” he concluded.
After the game started, GT allowed CSK to bat first. Rachin Ravindra (46 off 20 balls, including 6 fours and 3 sixes), captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (46 off 36 balls, including 5 fours and 1 six) and Dube (51 off 23 balls, including 2 fours and 5 sixes) Fiery batting saw CSK post a record of 206/6 in 20 overs.
Rashid Khan (2/49) and Spencer Johnson (1/35) were selected as GT bowlers.
In the run chase, GT kept losing wickets. Sai Sudharsan (37 off 31 balls, 3 fours), Wriddhiman Saha (21 off 17 balls, 4 boundaries) and David Miller (21 off 16 balls, 3 fours) tried to put up a fight, but it was not to be So enough. GT was restricted to 143/8 and lost by 63 runs.
Tushar Deshpande (2/21), Deepak Chahar (2/28) and Mustafizur Rahman (2/30) are CSK’s top bowlers.
Dube won the “Man of the Match” award.
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