Lungi Ngidi

South African pacer Lungi Ngidi sustained a serious neck injury after a heavy fall while attempting a catch at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Lungi Ngidi's dipping slower ball, the delivery that left top batters flustered at the T20 World Cup, remains just as lethal in the Indian Premier League. Ngidi started working on his slower balls at the insistence of Dwayne Bravo at Chennai Super Kings back in 2018, and it took him a while to master that vital craft of the game in the shortest format. The South African and Delhi Capitals pacer is surprised that "everyone" is talking about his variations now when they have been part of the game for years. In a select media interaction on Thursday, Ngidi spoke about his most rewarding ball of late: a slower delivery that dips on the batter. It could be a slow yorker, a length ball, or a slow bouncer. "So it's three different lengths with the same ball and the batter has got to guess which one's coming next," the South African had said during the T20 World Cup. On Thursday, multiple questions were asked about his variations and how he has managed to stay ahead of the batters in an .

Across seven T20I matches against the Aussies, he has taken just 7 wickets while conceding runs at an economy rate exceeding 10 in 5 of those games.

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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming confirmed that pacer Lungi Ngidi and Jason Behrendorff will not be available for the side in the next game against Punjab Kings

Jofra Archer clobbered 27 off 8 balls with four sixes off Lungi Ngidi's final over that yielded 30 runs

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South African pacer Lungi Ngidi feels that he can still do a lot better than what he has done since making a return to the international arena.

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