Hyderabad: Hari Shankar Reddy, Chennai Super Kings' newest signing, on Thursday bowled his CSK skipper Mahendra Singh during Chennai's practice session.
The 22-year-old seamer was bowling from over the wicket when he uprooted Dhoni's leg-stump.
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The delivery that got Reddy, MSD's wicket was a good length ball from a wide-angle. The velocity of the ball increased after hitting the ground and was skidding in the air, forcing MS Dhoni to play his shot sooner. Dhoni failed to connect the bat with the ball and it went through his stumps.
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Hari Shankar Reddy taking Dhoni's wicket during the practice#IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/zpEv8gHsp8
— Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994) March 17, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Hari Shankar Reddy taking Dhoni's wicket during the practice#IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/zpEv8gHsp8
— Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994) March 17, 2021Hari Shankar Reddy taking Dhoni's wicket during the practice#IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/zpEv8gHsp8
— Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994) March 17, 2021
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Mahi way all the way!!! 👀 on #Thala #WhistlePodu #Yellove 💛🦁 pic.twitter.com/gU1TRD2ZP9
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) March 11, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Mahi way all the way!!! 👀 on #Thala #WhistlePodu #Yellove 💛🦁 pic.twitter.com/gU1TRD2ZP9
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) March 11, 2021Mahi way all the way!!! 👀 on #Thala #WhistlePodu #Yellove 💛🦁 pic.twitter.com/gU1TRD2ZP9
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) March 11, 2021
The 22-year-old Reddy hails from Hyderabad. So far, he has played just 18 domestic games. Reddy has bagged 19 wickets in 13 T20I games at an economy rate of 8.34. Reddy has an average of 19.3 and his strike rate is under 14.
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In 5 List A games, Reddy has eight wickets under his name at 25.37 to the over. In last month's Indian Premier League auction, CSK bought him for Rs 20 lakh.
