WATCH: Murali Vijay bats left-handed against Ravi Ashwin in TNPL 2019

Dixit Bhargav | 03/08/2019
WATCH: Murali Vijay bats left-handed off Ravi Ashwin in TNPL 2019

Murali Vijay bats left-handed: Warriors opening batsman surprised one and all with his unusual batting stance against Dragons.

During the 20th match of the ongoing season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League between Dindigul Dragons and Ruby Trichy Warriors at Dindigul, Ruby Trichy Warriors opening batsman Murali Vijay surprised one and all with his left-handed bating stance against Dindigul Dragons captain Ravichandran Ashwin.

It all happened on the fifth delivery of the 16th over when Vijay changed his stance to play an Ashwin ball on the off-side. With Ashwin overstepping during the ball, Vijay refused to what would have been an easy single. On the following delivery (free-hit), Vijay hit Ashwin for an impressive six over long-on.

While Ashwin has bowled with contrasting bowling actions several times in the tournament, it is the first time that Vijay has experimented to such an extent in the TNPL.

Vijay, who opened the batting with K Mukunth, ended up scoring a sublime half-century. Before getting out in the last over, Vijay scored 99 (62) with the help of seven fours and seven sixes. The 35-year old batsman has registered scores of 81, 78* and 99 in the tournament so far.

Despite Vijay’s heroics, Trichy Warriors ended up losing the match as the hosts sealed the chase in the last over on the back of wicket-keeper batsman Narayan Jagadeesan scoring 105* (60) with the help of 12 fours and four sixes.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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