Ravindra Jadeja trolls KKR as IPL franchise reminds fans of Gautam Gambhir’s ‘masterstroke’ against MS Dhoni

Jadeja
–
who
plays
for
Chennai
Super
Kings
in
the
cash-rich
domestic
T20
league
–
slammed
KKR
for
drawing
a
comparison
between
Australia’s
tactic
against
England
in
the
Sydney
Test
with
their
IPL
match
against
Rising
Pune
Supergiant.

With
the
fourth
Test
match
between
Australia
and
England
in
the
ongoing
Ashes
series
ending
in
a
nail-biting
draw
at
the
Sydney
Cricket
Ground
(SCG),
where
veteran
English
seamer
James
Anderson
held
on
to
his
nerves
to
deny
the
Aussies
a
whitewash.
The
Pat
Cummins-led
Australian
side
made
every
possible
attempt
to
get
that
final
wicket
of
the
English
innings
to
win
the
game
but
it
just
wasn’t
meant
to
be.

As
it
started
getting
darker
at
the
SCG
with
the
play
on
the
final
day
was
approaching
stumps,
the
umpires
asked
the
Australia
captain
to
operate
spinners.
The
hosts
still
required
two
wickets
to
win
the
game
so
they
bowled
the
remaining
overs
with
spinners
into
the
attack
from
both
ends.

With
the
hopes
of
picking
up
the
wickets
of
the
English
tail-enders,
Cummins
positioned
all
the
fielders
closer
to
the
batters.
The
picture
prompted
KKR
to
compare
it
with
one
of
their
games
in
IPL
2016
against
RPS
when
the
then
KKR
captain
Gautam
Gambhir
put
a
similar
kind
of
fielding
against
Dhoni.

Dhoni
had
just
walked
into
the
middle
and
Gambhir
brought
all
his
fielders
in
the
catching
positions
to
put
extra
pressure
on
the
batsman.
While
sharing
that
image
on
social
media
KKR
termed
it
a
masterstroke
from
their
two-time
IPL-winning
captain.

Drawing
similarities
between
the
two,
KKR
wrote:
“That
moment
when
a
classic
move
in
Test
cricket
actually
reminds
you
of
a
T20
masterstroke!”

KKR’s
move,
however,
didn’t
go
down
well
with
diehard
CSK
and
MS
Dhoni
fans.
Even
Dhoni’s
CSK
teammate
Jadeja
wasn’t
amused
with
it
and
rejected
it
as
a
masterstroke.
Instead,
the
all-rounder
went
on
claiming
it
as
a
‘showoff’.

Its
not
a
master
stroke!Just
a
show
off????

—
Ravindrasinh
jadeja
(@imjadeja)

January
9,
2022

“It’s
not
a
masterstroke!
Just
a
show-off,”
tweeted
Jadeja
with
a
rolling
on
the
floor
laughing
smiley.