Excited to wear the yellow: Kedar Jadhav

32-year-old Indian batsman Kedar Jadhav was bought by Chennai Super Kings for a whooping INR 7.8 crore at the IPL auction in Bangalore. The stroke-maker has close to 900 runs from  64 matches at an impressive strike rate of 134.89. The Chennai-based franchise is back in IPL after serving a two-year suspension due match-fixing. The side will be led by MS Dhoni and will boast with names such as Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh and many more.

Jadhav, who can contribute with the ball as well, tweeted expressing his delight as he will be representing the yellow brigade in this edition of the IPL. The cricketer’s domestic T20 record looks solid. He has 1640 runs from 104 T20s at a strike rate of 136.78.

The batsman has gone through a lean patch as his last valuable score came against Australia in September, where he scored a fifty. Maharashtra coach Surendra Bhave feels that Jadhav is totally worth the moolah. Speaking to Sportstar, Bhave said that Jadhav is an impact player and he will come good this season.

“Kedar’s totally worth the money he’s getting. He may have had a patchy IPL last year but played really well for India – that’s definitely a few levels above. If he’s in good form in South Africa, he’ll be an impact player come April.”

He also feels that CSK will fit him in the middle order so that he can go hard on the ball during the slog overs. “Kedar excels when he has lesser number of balls. Even for India, when he doesn’t have too many deliveries at his disposal he scores at a very brisk pace. Maybe CSK will be tempted to use him at No. 5 or 6.” Bhave added.

“His general idea of cricket is to go after loose deliveries. Kedar has that special talent for manufacturing shots when the ball’s not there – he shuffles around the crease, gets into good position and makes sure he strikes at least at 140.” he said.

Excited to wear the new Yellow jersey. @ChennaiIPL it is from @IPL 2018.#CSK #IPL2018 #ChennaiSuperKings #WhistlePodu pic.twitter.com/h226EqXSpk

— IamKedar (@JadhavKedar) January 31, 2018

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