Chennai Super Kings had acquired Uttar Pradesh batter Sameer Rizvi for Rs 8.4 crore due to his exceptional power-hitting abilities. In the UPT20 league last year, Rizvi amassed 455 runs in 10 matches at an average of over 50, with two centuries and a fifty, at a remarkable strike rate of over 188. In the quarter-final match against Saurashtra, Rizvi hammered an impressive 312 runs in 266 balls, including 33 fours and 12 sixes, at a strike rate of 117.29.
