N Jagadeesan shares his thought process on debut for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2020

N Jagadeesan shares his thought process on debut for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2020

N Jagadeesan

Tamil Nadu and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batsman N Jagadeesan walked through the experience of playing his maiden IPL game in the previous season. 

Jagadeesan made his debut in the cash-rich league against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in IPL 2021. The Coimbatore-born played a decent knock of 33 runs off 28 balls on a sluggish pitch of Dubai Cricket Ground, Dubai. However, CSK lost that clash by 37 runs against the Virat Kohli-led side.

He was picked by the Chennai-based franchise during the year where they made a comeback after facing a two-year ban. CSK has many legends in their squad including the likes of MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja and many more. In a recent interview with Sportskeeda, the 25-year old talked about his mental preparation while sharing the dressing room with these top-guns of the game.

“The way I go about my game, preparing mentally. We don’t really work a lot on the technical aspect at CSK because we don’t have a lot of time. But learning comes from looking at the others and how they prepare mentally for a game,” Jagadeesan said.

‘Making a debut for CSK was a dream come true’

N Jagadeesan
N Jagadeesan

Jagadeesan mentioned that he always wanted to make his IPL debut with CSK. However, he was soon dropped from the side without getting a consistent run from the team management. The young lad also shared his thoughts on this phase of his career.

“Making a debut for CSK was something I dreamed about right from the year I got picked. And eventually, when I got the chance, I told myself there’s no point in having a lot of nerves while batting because I’ve been waiting for this. I didn’t want to screw it up by being nervous. So the only mindset I had was to go and express myself,” Jagadeesan revealed.

“Yeah, I’d definitely say it was unfortunate. But looking at the team’s cause, everything was done better, the way the team wanted. The team comes first, and not getting to bat is uncontrollable. I’m just glad that I was part of five matches and that I was able to do the best I could,” he said.

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