Royal Challengers Bangalore may need obtained off to a flying begin this season with three wins on the trot however their leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal hasn’t been so fortunate. The Haryana leggie needed to wait until his third recreation of IPL 2021 to select up his first wicket.
Chahal managed to dismiss Kolkata Knight Riders opener Nitish Rana for 18 after which adopted it up with the wicket of their former skipper Dinesh Karthik for two in a recreation at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday (April 18) afternoon. In his four-over spell, Chahal gave away 34 runs for these two wickets as Virat Kohli’s RCB posted a complete 38-run win.
Chahal’s wife Dhanashree Verma obtained emotional whereas watching him from the stands after her husband obtained his maiden wicket of the match. When the cameras focussed on her at the stands, she was seen as emotional and nearly in tears.
Dhanashree’s response after @yuzi_chahal‘s first Wicket of #IPL2021.
Almost in tears…
Happy for each .
Now obtained DK too..2nd wicket for him.. What a comeback…#RCBvKKR #RCB #Playbold pic.twitter.com/5WM0sJSkwm
— V!(c)kY= (@Vickyztweets) April 18, 2021
In his first three overs, Chahal gave away on 14 runs, however in his closing over, he leaked 20 runs. KKR all-rounder Andre Russell smashed him for one six and three fours, spoiling his figures at the finish. Chahal talked about his plan of bowling to the West Indies all-rounder and talked about focussing on bowling dot balls.
“It’s an amazing feeling, when you are bowling well and not getting wickets, sometimes hurts. But getting that first wicket, I felt a bit emotional. I was trying to get him (Andre Russell) out, I wanted to bowl wider because the leg-side boundary was shorter, so after three balls, I changed my field,” Chahal was quoted as saying after the recreation.
“Their run-rate was over 10, I wanted to bowl more dot balls and just stuck to my plan. It will be a totally different wicket in Mumbai, there will be a slight turn but usually will be good for batting,” the leg-spinner added.