Published 10:13 IST, January 13th 2021

Kedar Jadhav's 84* knock in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy gives birth to MS Dhoni memes online

Indian batsman Kedar Jadhav scored an unbeaten and match-winning 84 against Chhattisgarh to guide Maharashtra to an eight-wicket victory on Tuesday, January 12.

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Kedar Jhav, fresh from his disappointing run in Dream11 IPL 2020, seemed to have regained form with a majestic 84* against Chhattisgarh in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 game. cricketer formed an unbeaten 166-run stand with Naush Shaikh to script a thrilling eight-wicket victory for Maharashtra. Interestingly, his kck came amidst rising speculations that Chennai will be releasing him ahe of upcoming IPL 2021 auction.

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Fans troll MS Dhoni, Kedar Jhav after latter regained form

Kedar Jhav me a strong case for himself just days before looming IPL 2021 auction. Quite contrasting to his numbers in Dream11 IPL 2020, hard-hitting batsman struck 84* runs from just 45 balls which composed of five boundaries and five sixes. His kck against Chhattisgarh overhauled his entire lacklustre Dream11 IPL 2020 outing for Chennai, during which he scored just 62 runs from eight innings at a meagre strike-rate of 93.93.

Some fans mocked Kedar Jhav by saying that his recent match-winning effort is just a hoax ahe of upcoming auction. On or hand, several ors trolled his Chennai captain MS Dhoni, who according to m is w ‘perplexed’ over his Dream11 IPL 2021 selection choices. While it remains to be seen wher if MS Dhoni-led franchise continues to persist with Jhav for ar season, here is a look at some of Chennai fans reacting to Kedar Jhav’s return to form.

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A look into Kedar Jhav career stats

Kedar Jhav career stats, especially in limited-overs cricket, composes of some impressive numbers. Pune-born cricketer has represented his national side in 73 ODIs and nine T20Is. Across his international appearances, right-handed batsman has compiled 1,511 runs with two tons and seven half-centuries.

Coming to his T20 numbers, Kedar Jhav’s 84-run blitzkrieg against Chhattisgarh is w his highest ever score in format. He has played 140 T20 matches in total, out of which 87 have come through his IPL participation. 35-year-old has scored 2,201 runs across 123 T20 innings at an aver of 23.92.

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10:13 IST, January 13th 2021