A look into the spicy story of sibling rivalry featuring twin brothers, Jamie and Craig Overton, while the former plays for Chennai Super Kings, and the latter is a player of Sunrisers Eastern Cape.
Jamie Overton made his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut on March 31, 2025, against Rajasthan Royals at the Barsapara Stadium. The 6-foot-plus English bowler donned the yellow jersey of Chennai Super Kings and made his much-awaited debut during the 11th match of the IPL. Many people raised concerns when CSK announced that they had dropped Sam Curran and Deepak Hooda to bring Jamie Overton and Vijay Shankar. Unfortunately, CSK fans' concern turned out to be accurate as Rajasthan Royals beat their side by six runs.
It wasn't the kind of IPL debut, Jamie Overton had imagined because he gave 30 runs in his two overs and dropped Shimron Hetmyer's catch. Despite all this, the Chennai Super Kings supporters are hopeful that Jamie Overton will come back stronger in the upcoming matches. For the uninitiated, Jamie Overton is one of the most fearsome all-rounders in England's domestic circuit at the moment. This is why maybe people are still hopeful and know that the Englishman will bounce back from this not-so-memorable IPL debut.
The English cricketer, Jamie Overton was signed by Chennai Super Kings during the IPL 2025 auction for a base price of just Rs. 1.50 crore. Most cricket experts have termed this decision by CSK as a master move. Over the years, time and again, we have seen CSK buying players with low price tags but high potential. Talking a bit about Jamie's cricketing career so far, he made his debut on the international stage on June 23, 2022, against New Zealand in a Test match. Jamie made his T20I debut against Australia in the following year on September 11, 2024.
Jamie Overton was born on April 10, 1994, and three minutes before his birth, his twin brother, Craig Overton, was born. While Jamie is playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Chennai Super Kings, Craig is a player for Sunrisers Eastern Cape. Over the years, we have heard numerous tales of Jamie and Craig fighting and messing around while making their way into England's national team.
In an old July 2022 interview with a leading publication, Craig Overton shared that he and Jamie Overton used to mess around nets for a straight seven to eight hours while practising in the national camps. In the following years, Jamie and Craig became the first duo of twins to play in the same international team for England.
It was back in 2022 when twin brothers, Craig Overton and Jamie Overton faced each other in the Insurance County Championship. During the match, when Jamie came face-to-face with Craig, the former's second ball of the over hit straight to his brother's helmet. The impact was so strong that Craig was retired hurt for a concussion check. Although the batsman retired hurt initially but made a return to Somerset's innings in the latter stages of the match. We hope the twin brothers continue to lead England to further heights on the international stage.
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