Chennai Super Kings (CSK) pacer Mukesh Choudhary revealed that he never thought of playing cricket during his childhood after he helped CSK beat Mumbai Indians (MI) by three wickets in the 33rd match of the ongoing IPL 2022 on Thursday (April 21).
Choudhary finished with the stunning figures of 3/19 in his 3 overs to help Chennai Super Kings restrict Mumbai Indians to 155 at the Dr. DY Patil Stadium. Later, MS Dhoni's quick knock of 28* off 13 balls won the match for CSK against MI.
Speaking at the post-match presentation: Mukesh Choudhary said: “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.”
The pacer added, “Have to bowl well in the powerplay where I'm supposed to bowl three overs. There is no pressure actually, to play with such big players around you automatically takes all the pressure away. I just want to have a good time and enjoy myself.”
Notably, Choudhary dismissed MI’s top order batters Rohit Sharma (0), Ishan Kishan (0), and Dewald Brevis (4) while taking a stunning catch of Suryakumar Yadav (32) off Mitchell Santner.
(Star Sports Inputs)
