Saurashtra bowler Chetan Sakariya was a revelation in his debut Indian Premier League season in IPL 2021 for the Rajasthan Royals as he picked 14 wickets in 14 matches with a best of 3/31 at an economy of 8.19.
One of those wickets was that of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper MS Dhoni and his amazing outing led to him making his India debut in ODIs and T20Is against Sri Lanka in July 2021. Sakariya will play for Delhi Capitals (DC) in the upcoming IPL 2022 edition and after the wicket of MS Dhoni, he has now set eyes on the prized scalp of Virat Kohli in IPL 2022.
"Picking MS Dhoni's wicket is definitely the best moment for me from IPL 2021. My debut game was also special but nothing like taking Dhoni bhai’s wicket. He is a legend of the game and to bowl to and dismiss a legend is always a very good feeling," he told cricket.com in an interview.
Sakariya, who made a breakthrough in the Indian team for the Sri Lanka tour in July on the back of that performance, was released by the Royals. They did try to buy him back but were outbid by Delhi Capitals who roped him in for INR 4.2 crore.
Meanwhile, the 24-year-old shared his displeasure at not being able to bowl to AB de Villiers as the South African retired from cricket after the IPL 2021.
"I bowled to de Villiers in the nets as well in the match. It is very difficult to bowl to him because he plays all sorts of shots in the death overs. But now that he has retired, I will not be able to get a chance to dismiss him. So, Virat bhai is the one batsman I’d like to dismiss in IPL 2022," he said.
Delhi Capitals will be facing RCB on April 16 at the Wankhede Stadium in IPL 2022.
