Rajasthan Royals spinner Yuzvendra Chahal made a hilarious request to X CEO (formerly Twitter) Elon Musk over his iconic pose by Punjab Kings pacer Harshal Patel during the IPL 2024 clash against Chennai Super Kings at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday, May 1.
Harshal happened to do a similar pose as Yuzvendra Chahal while celebrating the important catch of Sameer Rizvi in the 16th over of CSK innings. Harshal Patel ran and took a sliding catch to dismiss Rizvi off Kagiso Rabada's delivery. The pacer quickly came with a better pose which looked almost similar to that of Chahal's iconic pose, to celebrate the wicket.
Reacting to his iconic pose, Yuzvendra Chahal hilariously asked Musk to slap copyright on Harshal Patel for copying his pose.
"Dear @elonmusk paaji, Harshal bhai pe copyright lagana hai." Chahal wrote on X.
For unversed, Yuzvendra Chahal did an accidental pose with one knee pointing upwards while sitting near the boundary line during the Team India's match against Sri Lanka in the 2019 World Cup. However, the Chahal's pose became iconic and many tried to do the same.
Yuzvendra Chahal came up with his iconic pose when picked hat-trick of wickets in the IPL 2022 match against Rajasthan Royals against Kolkata Knight Riders. He himself revealed that it was to recreate his iconic meme from the 2019 ODI World Cup.
Yuzvendra Chahal picked in India squad for T20 World Cup 2024
Amid the IPL 2024, Yuzvendra Chahal must have received the good news about his selection in India's squad for the T20 World Cup 2024. The 33-year-old is among the 15 members who have included in the main squad for the showpiece event in the USA and West Indies.
Chahal was part of the India squad in the last two editions of the T20 World Cup in 2021 and 2022 but didn't get to play a single match. Chahal will be hoping to make his T20 World Cup debut this year.
The veteran spinner's last appearance in a T20I match was against West Indies in August 2023. Since then, he hasn't play any match for Team India in the shortest format. Chahal wasn't picked for the T20I series against Afghanistan in January this year.
Yuzvendra Chahal is the leading wicket-taker for India in T20I, with 96 wickets, including 2 four-wicket hauls and a fifer, at an average of 25.09 and with an economy rate of 8.19 in 80 matches.
