Overview
- Chennai Super Kings shared a video Wednesday of pacer Anshul Kamboj meeting the police officer who went viral for resembling him.
- The meeting happened during a team practice at Chennai’s M.A. Chidambaram Stadium before CSK’s May 15 match against Lucknow Super Giants.
- The lookalike first drew attention in footage from Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s swearing-in ceremony in Chennai that showed the officer near the stage.
- Ravichandran Ashwin joined the online jokes and the club told fans the real Kamboj was training with the squad at Chepauk.
- Kamboj has 19 wickets in 11 IPL 2026 matches, placing him third in the Purple Cap standings, which track the league’s leading wicket-takers.