IPL 2021: James Neesham’s basketball skills – Many cricketers possess extraordinary skills in other sports as well. For example, MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly are excellent footballers while Yuzvendra Chahal was a national level chess player. Mumbai Indians star James Neesham’s excellent basketball skills came to the fore. The Kiwi cricketer slam-dunked a 30-yarder and his MI teammates Jayant Yadav and Ishan Kishan.
Mumbai Indians shared a video where James Neesham was seen playing basketball with his MI teammates Jayant Yadav and Ishan Kishan. But the Kiwi star stunned his teammates with a dunk from 30 yards, prompting Yadav to say, ‘Kya fekta hay, bhai’.
These are the kind of things you tell your friends and they be like: 𝗞𝗬𝗔 𝗙𝗘𝗞𝗧𝗔 𝗛𝗔𝗜 𝗕𝗘𝗬! 🏀
But we got proof on camera 📹#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #KhelTakaTak #IPL2021 @JimmyNeesh @MXTakaTak MI TV pic.twitter.com/I3JvSB23Ym
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) October 6, 2021
IPL 2021: James Neesham impresses MI teammates with 30-yard slam dunk – Watch video
IPL 2021: On Tuesday, against Rajasthan Royals, Neesham returned to the MI line-up with 3 wickets for 12 runs, restricting RR to mere 90 runs. After the match, he spoke to his teammate Nathan Coulter-Nile and said he felt like it was a debut all over again.
Neesham has played just two games this season, managing to take three wickets. The match against Rajasthan was Neesham’s first since the IPL 2021 resumed in the UAE.
IPL 2021: James Neesham impresses MI teammates with 30-yard slam dunk – Watch video
“Yeah, look obviously, the tournament has been weird, I felt like I was debuting again after the break. Coming out and giving a performance like this when we needed to win two from two was very pleasing. Hopefully, it falls our way and sneak into the playoffs,” Neesham told teammate Nathan Coulter-Nile in a video posted on iplt20.com.
IPL 2021: Ishan Kishan played an unbeaten knock of 50 runs off just 25 balls with the help of five 4s and three 6s to help Mumbai Indians defeat Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets with 70 balls to spare on Tuesday at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
IPL 2021: James Neesham impresses MI teammates with 30-yard slam dunk – Watch video
Earlier, Coulter-Nile returned with figures of 4-14 as Rajasthan Royals was restricted to 90/9 in the allotted twenty overs. Jimmy Neesham also took three wickets as no Rajasthan batter was able to stay at the crease for a long haul.
Mumbai Indians will next lock horns against SunRisers Hyderabad at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Friday.
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