{"id":661049,"date":"2026-05-10T03:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T03:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/661049\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T03:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T03:12:08","slug":"ipl-2026-ravindra-jadejas-cheeky-player-in-pocket-send-off-to-jos-buttler-goes-viral-watch-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/661049\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Ravindra Jadeja&#8217;s cheeky &#8216;player in pocket&#8217; send-off to Jos Buttler goes viral &#8211; WATCH | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jadeja-0905-ipl.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: Ravindra Jadeja's cheeky 'player in pocket' send-off to Jos Buttler goes viral - WATCH\" title=\"Ravindra Jadeja (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL) \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Ravindra Jadeja (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL)  NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ravindra-jadeja\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ravindra Jadeja<\/a>\u2019s iconic sword celebration is well known whenever the veteran all-rounder reaches a milestone like a fifty or century. However, during Saturday\u2019s IPL 2026 clash between Gujarat Titans and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rajasthan-royals\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rajasthan Royals<\/a> at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jadeja came up with a fresh and unexpected celebration.Playing for Rajasthan Royals this season, Jadeja struck a crucial breakthrough by dismissing Gujarat Titans star batter <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/jos-buttler\/9782\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jos Buttler<\/a> and followed it up with a \u201cplayer in pocket\u201d gesture that instantly grabbed attention. <\/p>\n<p> Watch<\/p>\n<p> Why Suryakumar Yadav is set to lose India T20I captaincy: All you need to knowThe dismissal came when Jadeja bowled a full delivery outside off stump. Buttler attempted to go big down the ground but failed to time it properly, sending the ball high into the air. Donovan Ferreira stationed at long-off took a comfortable catch to end Buttler\u2019s stay.Immediately after the wicket, Jadeja slipped his hand into his pocket in a cheeky \u201cplayer in pocket\u201d celebration as he walked past the dismissed batter, adding a new twist to his trademark on-field expressions.Buttler vs Jadeja in T20sInngs: 12Runs: 82Balls: 66Dismissals: 3SR: 124.24The head-to-head statistics between Buttler and Jadeja in T20 cricket show a competitive battle between bat and ball. Buttler has faced Jadeja in 12 innings, scoring a total of 82 runs off 66 deliveries while being dismissed three times. Despite Jadeja managing to keep him relatively in check with regular breakthroughs, Buttler has still maintained a strike rate of 124.24 against the experienced all-rounder. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ravindra Jadeja (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL) NEW DELHI: Ravindra Jadeja\u2019s iconic sword celebration is well known whenever the veteran&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,319346,165536,31775,53630,44087,13606,319347,85],"class_list":["post-661049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-gt-vs-rr","tag-gujarat-titans","tag-ipl-2026","tag-jos-buttler","tag-rajasthan-royals","tag-ravindra-jadeja","tag-rr-vs-gt","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}