Chennai Super Kings star player and former Australia opener, Shane Watson praised his teammate Ambati Rayudu, and said the CSK middle-order batsman batted ‘incredibly well’ against Mumbai Indians in the opening game of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020.
“Gosh, Ambati Rayudu! 71, he batted absolutely beautifully. He is an incredibly talented batsman, I think it’s a loss for the Indian cricket ODI team by not picking him in the World Cup squad for 2019. He is a seriously talented batsman.
“To be able to take Jasprit Bumrah like he did, to take him on… he batted incredibly well. He has got shots all around the ground. And he has got a fair bit of point to prove against his old team MI. It was a great start for CSK,” Watson said in ‘The Debrief’ episode on his YouTube channel T20 stars.
Meanwhile, Shane Watson praised of BCCI and the IPL for their efforts of pre-recorded fan cheers at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Saturday, as IPL matches are being played without sepectators
“How well the IPL and the BCCI have done to be able to try and make the ground feel as close to normal as possible. Even something super simple had a huge impact was the speakers and the sound around the ground.
“To be able to have white noise of the crowd chanting for CSK and MI and the players, it really did create more of an atmosphere. I was expecting it to be more like club cricket where there is no sound. You tend to hear every shot that echoes around the stadium. But not last night. It was really like a great thing that the IPL has done.”