Punjab Kings (PBKS) bowler Harshal Patel has revealed that he didn’t celebrate after picking MS Dhoni’s wicket in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) due to the enormous respect he has for the former Indian captain. The right-arm seamer got rid of Dhoni with a cleverly disguised slower delivery that outfoxed the veteran who had to depart on a golden duck. 

The CSK batter arrived at the crease in the 19th over of the innings, with the crowd at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala going berserk. However, much to their disappointment, Patel had the upper hand in the battle.  

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“Definitely bit on the drier side, we felt that and even when we hit on the hard length, it wasn’t going as fast as we were bowling, it’s not stopping but definitely a slower one. (On MS’s dismissal) I have too much respect for him to celebrate when I get him out,” said Patel in the mid-innings show. 

Quizzed how he was able to extract such movement out of the pitch, Patel said the ball was reversing. 

“One of the advantages of day game is, the square is quite rough, when I came into bowl the first, the ball started reversing and it drifted away a bit and it made things harder for the batter. I was not really confident with those, initially I haven’t been bowling for over a year but I’ve been working on it, there’s no technique to it but when it comes out, it’s good as the batters mostly don’t pick it.”

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