Noor Ahmad thanks MS Dhoni for unimaginable CSK debut, Gaikwad spills ‘stumping’ secret
Chennai Tremendous Kings kicked off their Indian Premier League 2025 marketing campaign in type, beating Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets on Sunday, March 23. Noor Ahmad starred for CSK with 4 wickets to his identify, his greatest spell within the IPL up to now. Considered one of Noor’s wickets grew to become the spotlight of the night time as he spun stand-in MI captain Suryakumar Yadav with a surprising googly.
MS Dhoni performed a large half in Suryakumar’s wicket from behind the stumps, dislodging the bails in simply 0.12 seconds after grabbing the ball. Talking about Dhoni’s heroics behind the stumps regardless of being 43 years of age, Noor mentioned that he was very fortunate to have the legendary participant information him via his spell.
Dhoni was seen chatting always with Noor throughout CSK’s innings, which nearly seemed similar to his chats with Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav from pre-Covid instances.
“It feels particular to play right here within the IPL. Comfortable for the crew and proud of the contribution. The main focus was to land the ball in the precise space and the wicket of Surya was particular, and the stumping from MSD was out of this world. Feels nice to have somebody like Mahi bhai behind the stumps, it’s a nice help for me,” Noor Ahmad mentioned within the post-match celebration on Sunday, March 23.
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It was an excellent day for CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad as properly, who not solely had a good time as a captain within the first innings however smashed his quickest fifty within the IPL – off 22 balls, in a chase of 156 runs. Gaikwad was joyful to be on the profitable aspect and mentioned that he was having fun with his new place at No.3.
“Comfortable to be on the profitable aspect, beloved to have been extra scientific, however that’s how the sport goes. That’s the requirement of the crew (speaking concerning the transfer to bat at three), and that provides the crew extra stability, and I’m actually joyful to alter my place. The spinners have been proper on level, and proper after the public sale, one factor we have been actually enthusiastic about was all these three spinners bowling in tandem at Chepauk. Khaleel is skilled, and Noor is an X-factor, and that’s the reason we wished him within the crew, and it is good to have Ash as properly,” Gaikwad mentioned.
Spilling the beans on MS Dhoni, Gaikwad mentioned that the wicketkeeper had turned up fitter for the event, and the key to his unimaginable stumping potential was that he didn’t follow it within the nets in any respect.
“He’s nonetheless the identical, he’s fitter this 12 months. He doesn’t follow his protecting in any respect,” Gaikwad signed off after the sport.
