Matheesha Pathirana was introduced in the 18th over of Lucknow’s innings. On off stump, Pathirana bowls. From the point side, KL Rahul played a shot. Jadeja sprang into the air with his left over while standing there and made a one-handed grab. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and Pathirana were taken aback by Jadeja’s fielding as well. At the same moment, there were a lot of excited supporters in the stadium.
At home, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets in the 34th match of the 2024 Indian Premier League. Chennai scored 176 runs for 6 wickets while batting first. Lucknow lost two wickets to reach the goal. With his outstanding fielding throughout Lucknow’s innings, Jadeja took the crowd by surprise.
In the eighteenth over of Lucknow’s innings, Matheesha Pathirana was brought. Bowling off stump is Pathirana’s forte. KL Rahul executed a point-side shot. Standing there, Jadeja sprang into the air with his left over and made a one-handed grab. KL Rahul made his way over to the changing area. The border, though, halted him.
Dhoni asked how he took the catch
The TV referee examined the capture. Although Jadeja had used his left hand to catch the ball and tumbled to the ground, the umpires were blind to the fact that he was unable to locate any video evidence proving the ball had touched the ground. During the TV umpire’s inspection, Dhoni inquired as to whether he had made the catch. Jadeja demonstrated the catch and explained how it was made on this. Following this, KL Rahul was also called out by the TV umpire.
SIR RAVINDRA JADEJA – THE BEST FIELDER IN THE WORLD.
– He Takes Catch of this IPL 2024…!!!! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/wpTDGl3NK2
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) April 19, 2024Chennai got a crushing defeat
For the Chennai Super Kings, Ravindra Jadeja amassed an undefeated 57 runs. At the same time, Dhoni won over the supporters’ hearts once more. MS put up a fierce 28-run innings off of just 9 balls. KL Rahul, the skipper, had an impressive innings of 82 runs while Quinton Dickock scored 54 in pursuit of the mark. With one more over to go, Lucknow became victorious.
