Chennai Super Kings opening batter Devon Conway put on display a laboured innings with the bat in hand in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 Qualifier 1 against Gujarat Titans at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Highest run-scorer for his team this season, Conway couldn’t get going on a sluggish pitch after visiting captain Hardik Pandya invited the hosts in to bat first.
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Opening the batting with Ruturaj Gaikwad (60), Conway played second-fiddle in a 63-ball 87-run partnership for the first wicket. Conway, who hit only a couple of fours in the powerplay, scored 14* (11) whilst the fielding restrictions were on.
While the fact that the left-handed batter faced only 19 balls in the first half of their innings didn’t help the cause of a batter who wasn’t able to time the ball to perfection, him not being able to find boundaries on a regular basis adversely affected the progress made by his opening partner.
Fan Links Devon Conway With BCCI’s 500 Trees Per Dot Ball Initiative
With a lot expected out of him especially in a playoff contest, Conway scoring 40 (34) at a strike rate of 117.64 tested the patience of Super Kings’ plentiful fans for understandable reasons. The 31-year old player hitting only four fours before getting out in the 16th over enticed reactions in association with BCCI’s (Board of Control for Cricket in India) new environment-friendly initiative.
“Environment Saviour,” wrote a fan on social media platform Twitter. “Rumours suggesting that Devon Conway is invited for the ribbon cutting ceremony,” wrote another fan.
Devon Conway: The Environment Saviour #CSKvsGT pic.twitter.com/IMcjl04CMW
— Sudhanshu Ranjan Singh (@memegineers_) May 23, 2023
Rumours suggesting that Devon Conway is invited for the ribbon cutting ceremony. https://t.co/5dheM4VCiz
— Adhithya Srinivasan (@adhisrini87) May 23, 2023
For the unversed, BCCI will plant 500 trees for each dot ball bowled during IPL 2023 playoffs. If truth be told, Conway not scoring a run off nine balls tonight wasn’t a lot for a 34-ball knock. It’s just that him not scoring adequate amount of boundaries in a big match which laid groundwork for the above mentioned sarcastic tweets.
CSK batters Ajinkya Rahane (17) and Ambati Rayudu (17) and former captain Ravindra Jadeja (22) registered impact-generating cameos to power the team to a challenging 172/7 in 20 overs on this pitch.
