Rajasthan Royals’ Ben Stokes is likely to be lacking out on IPL motion on account of his damaged finger however the England all-rounder isn’t lacking any motion from the world’s premier T20 franchise league. Stokes, who flew house on Friday final week from India, took to Twitter to level out a humorous incident throughout Delhi Capitals’ contest with Punjab Kings on the Wankhede.
Pointing out a mistake of the TV commentator, Stokes tweeted, “Commentator: “Such a poor bouncer, if you want to bowl a bouncer it must be over Off Stump” REPLAY: bouncer line immediately over Off Stump.”
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The incident occurred in the eleventh over of Punjab Kings’ innings when KL Rahul was on strike and Rabada was bowling. The South African pacer had already conceded 13 runs off the primary three balls as Mayank Agarwal hit him for consecutive sixes. Rabada then considered intimidating the PBKS skipper with a brief ball however KL Rahul responded with a well-timed hook shot because the ball flew previous over the backward sq. area.
The commentator criticised Kagiso Rabada for bowling a bouncer that was not over the off stump, nevertheless, replays confirmed that the ball was certainly over the off stump. That left the England all-rounder bemused.
The commentator in the query right here is none aside from legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar.
Earlier in the match, Steve Smith made his Delhi Capitals debut as they received the toss and selected to bowl towards the Punjab Kings (PBKS) on the Wankhede Stadium in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
DC captain Rishabh Pant mentioned that he expects dew to return in throughout the second innings which is the explanation why they selected to bowl first.
PBKS captain KL Rahul, in the meantime, mentioned that the workforce is seeking to put behind their crushing defeat in the final match towards Chennai Super Kings.
“Those things happen with every team, every season, it’s important that you forget it. You learn a little just in case you’re in that situation again. Jalaj Saxena comes in for M Ashwin.. It’s been hard to read the pitch, generally, Wankhede is high scoring. If you have wickets in hand, then you can assess later,” mentioned Rahul.
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Steven Smith, Rishabh Pant (captain, wicketkeeper), Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Lukman Meriwala
Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (captain, wicketkeeper), Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Jhye Richardson, Jalaj Saxena, Mohammed Shami, Riley Meredith, Arshdeep Singh
(With IANS Inputs)
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