Look who’s talking! Sehwag spares no dig at Morgan
Sehwag reminds KKR skipper of an episode in 2019 WC final after the latter confronted Ashwin for using unfair tactics
MUMBAI: The BCCI has invited the presidents and the secretaries of its affiliated units to watch the Qualifier 2 and the summit clash of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the UAE. BCCI secretary Jay Shah wrote to the officials that this is an ideal time to catch up as the domestic season is getting underway. The second phase of the IPL is approaching the business end with teams involved in a tight race for the Play-offs. The Qualifier is scheduled for October 13 while final will be played on October 15.
MELBOURNE: India T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur and young batter Jemimah Rodrigues will play for Melbourne Renegades (MR) in the upcoming Women's Big Bash League, the event organisers announced on Wednesday. The 32-year-old Harmanpreet had a previous stint with Sydney Thunder but it will be a debut season for the 21-year-old Rodrigues in the WBBL, beginning October 14. Shafali Verma and Radha Yadav have been signed up by Sydney Sixers.
MUMBAI: Indian left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav underwent a knee surgery on Wednesday for an injury that he sustained during the ongoing IPL in the UAE. Kuldeep posted the update on his official Twitter page. "Surgery was a success and the road to recovery has just begun. Thank you so much to everyone for your amazing support. The focus is now to complete my rehab well and be back on the pitch doing what I love as soon as possible," tweeted the 26-year-old.
KARACHI: In an expected development, Wasim Khan has resigned as the Chief Executive Officer of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The PCB in a short statement said that the Board of Governors would be meeting later Wednesday on call to consider the resignation. Wasim Khan was brought in as CEO by the former Chairman Ehsan Mani in early 2019. oyal Challenge rs Bangalore staged an excellent comeback as Rajasthan Royals blew away a blistering start to finish at 149/9. RCB chased down the target in 17.1 overs, thanks to Glenn Maxwell's unbeaten 30-ball 50. Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed (2/10) and leg-break bowler Yuzvendra Chahal (2/18) triggered the slide after RR cruising at 100 for one in the 11th over.
Pacer Harshal Patel (3/34) came close to picking a hat-trick in successive matches, in the final over, but Kartik
Virender Sehwag took a dig at Eoin Morgan after the KKR skipper was involved in an altercation with Delhi Capitals' spinner Ravichandran Ashwin during their IPL match on Tuesday.
Ashwin and Morgan were involved in a heated exchange after the former was dismissed by Tim Southee in the last over of the DC innings at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
DC skipper Rishabh Pant and Ashwin had picked a second run off the last ball of the 19th over, which irked the KKR outfit. Taking a run if the ball ricochets off the batter is held against the spirit – Sehwag
RWLTyagi denied him that as RR lost eight wickets for 49 runs. Evin Lewis topscored with 58 off 37 balls, but he was guilty of throwing away his wicket at a crucial juncture, and so was skipper Sanju Samson (19), whose adventurism did not help his team.
Asked to take first strike, RR saw off two quiet overs before Evin Lewis and Yashasvi Jaiswal (31) decided to cut loose. From eight for two in two overs, RR were cruising at 39 for no loss at the end of fourth before racing past the fifty-run mark in the next over, with Lewis being the aggressor.
Jaiswal played the day's first scoring shot when he hit Mohammed Siraj through the cover and in the next over, he clobbered Glenn Maxwell for a huge six over long on.
Lewis took over after that, smashing debutant English left-arm pacer George Garton for two sixes and a four as RR picked 18 off the over. (RR 149/9 (E Lewis 58; H Patel 3/34, Y Chahal 2/18, S Ahmed 2/10) lost to RCB 153/3 in 17.1 overs (S Bharat 44, G Maxwell 50*; M Rahman 2/20) by seven wickets of fair play.
Sehwag wrote on Twitter: “On July 14th , 2019 when it ricocheted off Ben Stokes bat in the final over, Mr Morgan sat on a Dharna outside Lord's and refused to hold the World cup trophy and New Zealand won. Haina ? Bade aaye, 'doesn't appreciate' waale.”
However, spin legend Shane Warne came down heavily on Ashwin. “The world shouldn’t be divided on this topic and Ashwin,” Warne tweeted. “It’s pretty simple - it’s disgraceful and should never happen. Why does Ashwin have to be that guy again? I think (Eoin Morgan) had every right to nail him!”
Former New Zealand pacer Simon Doull called out the
IGarton was coming back into the attack after being strangely taken off despite a very economical first over.
Lewis hammered another six and a four against Harshal Patel, as RR crossed the fifty in the fifth over.
India pacer Mohammed Siraj came back to bowl a tight sixth over but Jaiswal got two boundaries off Daniel Christian to record RR's best opening partnership of the ongoing season, even as Kohli kept switching his bowlers frequently.
Maxwell kept things tight in the next over, giving away just four runs, before Jaiswal smoked Christian for a maximum over extra cover. However, Christian had the last laugh as Jaiswal mistimed and failed to clear Siraj at mid off.
It swung a bit early on but the fast bowlers didn't get much purchase from the pitch as the innings progressed.
Capitals stars in the commentary box, claiming the pair “really shouldn’t have run for that.”
Even Sunil Gavaskar concurred: “Generally batsmen don’t run if the ball hits them.”
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