New Delhi: Sunrisers HyderabadVeteran fast bowler Mohammed Shami made a history of IPL in Chennai on Friday Ma chidambaram stadiumHe became the first bowler to take a wicket on the first ball of the innings four times in IPL history. His latest victim was Sheikh Rashid, a young opener of Chennai Super Kings IPL 2025 match.
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The historic moment came when Shami gave a perfect seam-up ball that went away from the off-stump. Rashid tried to play a hard punch shot, but only managed to increase it for Abhishek Sharma in the slip. The dismissal added to Shami’s influential list of first ball wickets, including Jacques Kalis (Dubai, 2014), KL Rahul (Wankhed, 2022), and Phil Salat (Ahmedabad, 2023).
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The match started with SRH captain Pat Cummins to win the toss and bowl first in Chepack.
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The young opening pair of CSK of Rashid and Ayush Matre made their own piece of history. They became part of an elite group, which was only the fourth opening combination in the IPL, where both batsmen were under 21 years of age.
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The young CSK pair joined a select list of under -21 opening couple under -21 in IPL history. The previous couple includes a combination of Sanju Samson-Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill-Tom Banton, and Abhishek Sharma-Priyam Garg, with the last pair twice the achievement.
This inauguration makes partnership even more special, their combined age is 38 years and 131 days. This makes Rashid and Matre the second youngest opening pair in IPL history. They are only behind the records set by Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi, with 37 years and 135 days combined when they opened their team against LSG in Jaipur in 2025.
