“How many runs?” - Jos Buttler and Yuzvendra Chahal engage in a social media interaction

England's white-ball captain Jos Buttler and Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal engaged in an interaction on the latter's social media post on Sunday, October 20. Chahal is currently participating in the ongoing 2024-25 Ranji Trophy for Haryana.

The Indian spinner demonstrated his batting ability, falling just short of his maiden first-class fifty against Uttar Pradesh, scoring 48 runs off 152 balls, including six boundaries. Chahal took to Instagram on Sunday to share some pictures from the game, fully padded up.

The leg-spinner’s Rajasthan Royals teammate, Buttler, was quick to react and commented:

“Batting? How many runs?”

To which Chahal replied:

“48😁💪🏻.”

Buttler and Yuzvendra Chahal engage in a social media interaction (Image via Instagram-@yuzi_chahal23)

Meanwhile, Jos Buttler last played in the semi-finals of the 2024 T20 World Cup, where England were defeated by India. He missed the five-match ODI series against Australia due to a recurring calf injury.

The 34-year-old is set to return to action when England face West Indies in the white-ball tour starting on October 31.

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Haryana vs Uttar Pradesh Ranji Trophy game remains in balance after Day 3

Haryana won the toss and elected to bat first. However, they lost Lakshhya Dalal (9) and Mayank Shandilya (5) early on. Captain Ankit Kumar played a solid innings, scoring 77 runs off 211 balls. Himanshu Rana and Dheeru Singh were impressive, both notching up centuries. Rana scored 114 off 176 balls, while Singh contributed 103 off 256.

Towards the end, Sumit Kumar (61) and Yuzvendra Chahal (48) made valuable contributions as Haryana posted a total of 453 runs. Shivam Sharma was the standout bowler for Uttar Pradesh, taking four wickets.

In response, Uttar Pradesh got off to a rocky start, quickly losing Swastik Chikara (21), Priyam Garg (3), and Siddharth Yadav (6), leaving them at 43 for three.

Captain Aryan Juyal and Rinku Singh formed a crucial partnership, adding 140 runs for the fourth wicket. Rinku fell short of a century, scoring 89 runs off 110 balls, with 10 boundaries and three sixes, while Juyal completed an impressive century.

At stumps on Day 3, Uttar Pradesh were 267 for six after 70 overs, trailing by 186 runs, with Juyal (118) and Shivam (15) at the crease.