"Moves Were From...": Yuzvendra Chahal On His Viral Dance Video With Joe Root

13.04.2023 - 14:45 sports.ndtv.com

Veteran spinner Yuzvendra Chahal once again proved his worth as he scalped two wickets for Rajasthan Royals in their IPL 2023 match on Wednesday against Chennai Super Kings.

With those two scalps, Chahal took his wicket tally to 10 in four matches and became the current purple cap holder. Apart from his classic bowling on the field, Chahal is also widely popular for his off-the-field antics.

Recently, a video went viral on social media, showing the spinner shaking a leg with RR's new recruit and England batter Joe Root on the song "Biba".

Speaking about his dance in the video, Chahal revealed that the song which was played in the video is one of his favourite tracks and the steps were decided by Root himself.

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Rajasthan Royals (RR) young gun Yashasvi Jaiswal posted the highest individual score by an uncapped player in Indian Premier League (IPL) history as he scored 62-ball 124 against Mumbai Indians on Sunday. It was also the 1000th IPL match. In the match, the left-hander scored 124 in just 62 balls. His knock consisted of 16 fours and eight towering sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 200.00. Previously, the highest score by an uncapped Indian player was held by Paul Valthaty, who scored 120* for Punjab Kings (PBKS) against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in 2011.

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He once lived in tents and sold street food to pursue his cricketing dream. Now, sizzling talent Yashasvi Jaiswal is the toast of the Indian Premier League. On Sunday the Indian 21-year-old smashed 124 off 62 balls for Rajasthan Royals in front of a huge crowd in Mumbai, the city he moved to as a child from a poor family in Uttar Pradesh. "What a story, what a special talent. Yashasvi Jaiswal is a superstar in the making," former Australia batsman and ex-IPL coach Tom Moody tweeted.

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Out-of-favour India cricketer Dinesh Karthik has backed Yashasvi Jaiswal to become the 'next big name' in the Indian Premier League. The batting southpaw was bought by Rajasthan Royals at the price of Rs 2.4 crore in IPL 2020 auctions. He had won the Player of the Tournament award in the 2020 U-19 World Cup. In the ongoing IPL season, Jaiswal has been a superb performer with 304 runs to his name across 8 matches at an average of 38. Also, his strike rate has been 147.57.

This Is A First - Rajasthan Royals Star 'Proud' After Being Run Out By MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni, despite being 41 years of age, is showing no signs of slowing down. The Chennai Super Kings captain has been batting well and has been astute behind the stumps. Recently, CSK toured Jaipur for a match against Rajasthan Royals. Though CSK lost the game, fans turned up in huge numbers to show their 'yellove' for CSK and Dhoni. And the legend gave them several occasions to cheer. Apart from masterminding the CSK attack, Dhoni also affected a brilliant runout with a singular effort. It came on the fourth ball of the last over of RR's innings as Dhoni ran out Dhruv Jurel. After Matheesha Pathirana bowled a wide delivery, Dhoni dived to his right to collect the ball and affected the run-out with an accurate throw.

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Chennai Super Kings batter Ambati Rayudu has strongly reacted to some reports linking one of his tweets as a response to what the great Sunil Gavaskar said during commentary for the IPL 2023 match between CCSK and Rajasthan Royals. "You got to field. You can't just come out to bat and start hitting the ball. You can't do that. We have seen that with Prithvi Shaw. He has just been coming out to bat without success. No fielding, no scoring. Rayudu is out for a second-ball duck," Gavaskar said on air.

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Uncapped Indian batter Dhruv Jurel has been one of the finds of the season so far. He has taken up the role of finisher for Rajasthan Royals, and has repaid the trust shown by the management. On Thursday against the Chennai Super Kings, Jurel played a cameo of 34 off just 15 deliveries, taking his team to a total of 202. Speaking after the match, Jurel revealed that he didn't pressure while batting in front of MS Dhoni, instead the CSK captain's presence acted as a motivation for him.