England and Rajasthan Royals’ all-rounder Ben Stokes took a dig on the commentary for the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) match between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) on the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday (April 18).
“Commentator: “Such a poor bouncer,if you want to bowl a bouncer it must be over Off Stump” REPLAY: bouncer line instantly over Off Stump Me: (facepalm emoji)” Stokes tweeted on Sunday.
Commentator: “Such a poor bouncer,if you want to bowl a bouncer it must be over Off Stump”
REPLAY: bouncer line instantly over Off Stump
Me:
— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) April 18, 2021
The incident that Stokes was referring to occurred within the eleventh over of the PBKS innings by which DC quick bowler Kagiso Rabada conceded 20 runs. Mayank Agarwal hit two sixes within the over whereas PBKS captain KL Rahul hit one off the third ball.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar stated on the time within the commentary field that Rabada wanted to bowl his bouncers over the off stump.
“This is a poor delivery because if you are going to bowl the bouncer, you have got to bowl it around the off stump,” stated Gavaskar. Replays confirmed that the ball was certainly hovering above the off stump and Rahul acquired into place early to hook it over backward sq..
PBKS scored 195/4 however finally misplaced the match by six wickets with 10 balls to spare as a consequence of Shikhar Dhawan’s 92 off 49 balls.
