Punjab Kings have been torn aside by Lucknow Tremendous Giants batters© BCCI/Sportzpics
It doesn’t matter what is the fame of the participant, former New Zealand pacer Simon Doull does not belive in mincing his phrases when doing commentary. Having criticised prime gamers like Babar Azam and Virat Kohli up to now, Doull took a swipe at South Africa and Punjab Kings pacer Kagiso Rabada throughout an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match on Friday. Doull, who was commentating through the match, slammed Rabada for his ‘unacceptable behaviour’ because the specific pacer bowled a few no-balls by overstepping through the match in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants.
“That is unacceptable behaviour. You are a world bowler. He is pushing it on a regular basis, even when he’s behind he’s simply there by an inch,” Doull stated reside on-air.
Doull’s feedback got here when Rabada overstepped for the second time within the match in opposition to LSG. It was the fifth ball of the sixteenth over when the Proteas pacer bowled a no-ball. His subsequent ball was a large, a lot to the frustration of Doull and PBKS followers. Nonetheless, the next supply solely resulted in a single.
Punjab Kings went on to concede a whopping 257 runs, the second-highest innings complete in IPL historical past, within the match in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants. After the sport, PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan admitted that the bowlers gave away too many runs for the batters to chase.
“We gave away too many runs. I felt that it (ball) did not come on rapidly to the bat and it went straight to the fielder (on his dismissal). I felt my technique to play with the additional bowler backfired. We missed a spinner in the present day. It is a studying for me. Livi (Livingstone) and even Sam (Curran) have been there, so we could not ship him (SRK) forward,” he stated after the match.
Rabada, regardless of being a world-class bowler, conceded 52 runs in 4 overs whereas choosing two wickets.
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