Ravindra Jadeja surpasses KKR’s mentor, turns into CSK’s main wicket-taker in IPL | Cricket Information

Kolkata: Chennai Tremendous Kings’ Ravindra Jadeja celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain Ajinkya Rahane throughout an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 T20 cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Tremendous Kings, on the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, West Bengal. (PTI Photograph/Swapan Mahapatra)

Ravindra Jadeja grew to become Chennai Tremendous Kings’ all-time main IPL wicket-taker throughout their match towards Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday. The left-arm spinner surpassed Dwayne Bravo’s file of 140 wickets by dismissing Ajinkya Rahane for his 141st wicket in yellow colours.Jadeja’s IPL profession statistics now stand at 168 wickets in 251 matches, with an economic system price of seven.65 and a mean of 30.46. He has additionally contributed considerably with the bat, scoring 3142 runs at a mean of 27.32 and a strike price of 129.57. Bravo is at present mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders.Within the CSK all-time wicket-takers checklist, R. Ashwin holds the third place with 95 wickets, adopted by Deepak Chahar and Albie Morkel with 76 wickets every. Nonetheless, in general T20 wickets for the franchise, Jadeja stays barely behind Bravo, with 150 wickets in comparison with the West Indian’s 154.In Wednesday’s match, KKR posted 179-6 after selecting to bat first. KKR’s innings started with Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sunil Narine opening, however Gurbaz fell early to Anshul Kamboj for 11 runs.

The powerplay proved productive for KKR as they reached 67/1, with Rahane and Narine forming a fast 50-run partnership in simply 25 balls. Nonetheless, Noor Ahmad struck twice in a single over, eradicating Narine and Angkrish Raghuvanshi.KKR captain Rahane’s innings of 48 runs from 33 balls, together with 4 boundaries and a six, offered a stable basis earlier than Jadeja dismissed him. Andre Russell then joined Manish Pandey on the crease.Who’s that IPL participant?Russell and Pandey put collectively an important 46-run partnership in 27 balls. Russell’s aggressive knock of 38 runs from 21 balls, that includes 4 fours and three sixes, ended when Noor Ahmad claimed his wicket.The ultimate section of KKR’s innings noticed Rinku Singh be a part of Pandey, however Singh may solely handle 9 runs from 6 balls earlier than turning into Noor Ahmad’s fourth sufferer. Pandey and Ramandeep Singh added 16 runs within the last two overs.Noor Ahmad emerged because the standout bowler for CSK with figures of 4/31. Jadeja and Kamboj claimed one wicket every, whereas the remaining CSK bowlers went wicketless. CSK was set a goal of 180 runs for victory.