Delhi Capitals skipper David Warner Imitated Ravindra Jadeja’s Sword Celebration while batting in the 67th match of the Indian Premier League. The match is being played between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. The away team, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and decided to bat first in a must-win match for them.

Chennai batters were outstanding today as they smashed 223 in 20 overs at a loss of just 3 wickets. Both the openers, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway scored big in the game. Gaikwad smashed 79 runs at a strike rate of 158. On the other hand, Conway scored 87 runs with the help of 11 boundaries and 3 maximums. Shivam Dube also contributed with his quick-fire of 22 runs in just 9 deliveries.

CSK batting coach Michael Hussey was happy at the mid-innings break.

“If you’d asked me if you would take 223 at the start, I would bite my hands off. Good job by Ruturaj and Conway, this is a good score on the board, but we’ll have to bowl well. People who played told me this is the best wicket of the season so far, but it did slow down as the ball went soft,” he said.

He also praised the opening pair of Ruturaj and Conway.

“They’ve had a special relationship, complement each other well and bring the right-left hand angle as well, this pair has worked well for us.,” Hussey said.

David Warner Imitated Ravindra Jadeja’s Sword Celebration

The incident when David Warner imitated Ravindra Jadeja’s “Sword Celebration” happened in the fifth over of the second innings. Australia’s opener smacked CSK pacer Deepak Chahar for a fast single and then tempted fielder Ajinka Rahane, who backed up to throw at the stumps. Jadeja grabbed the second back-up and locked eyes with Warner, threatening him with a run-out. Warner then performed Jadeja’s signature sword celebration, which caused the two players to burst out laughing.

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