Chennai Super Kings (CSK) found a new hero in Mukesh Choudhary as the pacer earned Player of the Match award for his superlative show against Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Thursday. Not many had heard of Mukesh before this season but the seamer has emerged as CSK’s finest powerplay resource with the ball in the absence of Deepak Chahar.
Speaking at the post-match presentation cermeony, Mukesh admitted that he never thoght he would go on to play cricket professionally at the level he is playing today.
“I never thought I’d play cricket. Was at boarding school in Pune, we had an hour’s sports period and I used to play all kinds of sports there. Tried playing cricket and seemed to be good at it. Have to bowl well in the powerplay where I’m supposed to bowl three overs,” said the uncapped Indian pacer.
Even CSK skipper Ravindra Jadeja lauded Mukesh for the way he bowled in the powerplay. However, Jadeja wants the young lad to improve his fielding in order to become a more valuable player.
“Yes, he (Mukesh) has bowled well upfront and done well for us in the powerplay. If you aren’t winning games, you still want to be calm. (On him dropping catches) It happens, that’s why I never take fielding for granted and practise hard. We need to work on our fielding, can’t afford to drop catches.,” he said.
