Ravindra Jadeja has been considered as ‘Mr. Dependable’ of Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Be it bowling or batting, he has been seen standing for the team in every difficult situation. But this season of IPL 2025 has been very bad for him so far. In the match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on April 11, he did the limit. KKR gave such a shock that Jadeja and his team would not forget it for a long time. Jadeja flopped on every front in this match. In batting where he was out without opening an account. At the same time, he threw the most expensive spell in IPL history in bowling.
Flop from bat, then robbed from 54 economy
Chennai Super Kings had lost 5 wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders on a score of just 70 runs. After getting into trouble, he expected Jadeja, but he fell victim to Sunil Naren on the score of zero within 2 balls. CSK completely shattered after his return to the pavilion. She could somehow reach the score of 103 runs. But Jadeja’s misfortune did not end here. KKR did not allow him to walk in bowling after piles in batting.
When KKR needed only 6 runs to win, Jadeja came to bowl and threw a no-ball on the first ball. After this, Rinku Singh finished the match by hitting a six on the next ball. In this way, Jadeja scored 9 runs in just 1 ball, which increased his economy rate to 54.00. This became the most expensive spell of a bowler in IPL history (at least 1 ball). Earlier this record was in the names of Tom Karan and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Both gave 6 runs off 1 ball.
CSK’s biggest defeat
The impact of Ravindra Jadeja’s failure was on Chennai Super Kings. First she was piled at her home on the smallest score in 18 years. Later, KKR chased the target of 104 runs in just 39 balls, which is CSK’s biggest defeat in terms of ball. Not only this, Chennai’s team has lost five consecutive matches in IPL history. Apart from this, this is also the first time that CSK has lost three consecutive matches in Chepock in a season.