IPL 2023: This CSK Player Won Hearts Even After the Defeat, MS Dhoni Also Praised

The 16th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has started. The first match was played between Chennai Super Kings and defending champions Gujarat Titans. A great start to the tournament was seen with this match. In this match, Gujarat defeated Chennai by 5 wickets and resumed from where they had ended last season. This team has defeated CSK for the third time in a row. While Ruturaj Gaikwad grabbed the headlines with the bat for the MS Dhoni-led CSK side, a name emerged in the bowling department who was making his debut in this match.

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This Player Has now Made his Debut in IPL as Well

You must have heard the name of Rajvardhan Hungergekar, who did wonders for the Indian team in the Under-19 World Cup. This player has now played the bugle of his debut in IPL as well. Chennai Super Kings may have lost this match but this player has won everyone’s heart. MS Dhoni made a brilliant move to give Hungergekar his IPL debut alongside Deepak Chahar. However, he was with the team in the last season as well but spent the entire season on the bench. But this time he got a chance in the very first match and he took full advantage of it.

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Hungergekar took three wickets for 36 runs in four overs in his first IPL match. His start in the first over was not good and he bowled a long no ball. But on the fifth ball of the same over, he gave CSK the first success by taking the wicket of Wriddhiman Saha, who started brilliantly. Then he came back and dismissed Sai Sudarshan and Vijay Shankar as well. In the debut match, he made an important contribution to Chennai by taking three wickets. While Deepak Chahar did not get a wicket from the other side, Tushar Deshpande gave away 51 runs in 4 overs.

The Magic of Hunger Games Pace

For some time now, more than one fast bowler has started coming in Indian cricket. The special thing has been the pace of all of them. Rajvardhan Hungergekar has now caught everyone’s attention with his pace in his IPL debut itself, after making a splash in the Under-19s. Team captain MS Dhoni also could not stop himself from praising him. Dhoni said after the match that, I think Raj (Rajvardhan Hungergekar) has pace and he will get better with time. In this match, Raj has left his mark at the international level by taking three out of five wickets for Chennai.

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Fourth Youngest Player of CSK

Rajvardhan Hungergekar, who made his debut for Chennai Super Kings at the age of 20, made a record as soon as he landed in this match. He became the fourth youngest player of CSK. Before him, Abhinav Mukund made his debut at the age of 18. On the other hand, Ankit Rajput and Mathisa Pathirana of Sri Lanka are also in second and third place respectively. Raj has come in fourth place in this matter. If any of these four has had a memorable debut, then it has been of Rajvardhan Hungergekar. The way this player has come out, he can make new records in this two-month long season.