Apart from the new uproar happening every day in the IPL, the incident during the match yesterday, May 16, is garnering tremendous headlines on social media. In Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium, a Rajasthan Royals player took a jibe at another player in an incident now going viral on social media.
Lucknow captain Krunal Pandya retired hurt and went out of the ground in the last few overs of the match, after which the ruckus started. Let’s know what happened during the game,
Ashwin Raised Questions On Krunal Pandya’s Return
Yesterday, on May 16, the 63rd match of the IPL was played at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, where Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Supergiants were seen clashing with each other. Lucknow won this match by 5 runs. But something happened during the match’s first innings, seeing which Team India’s spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin has raised questions. When Krunal Pandya was off the field, Ashwin questioned him and tweeted, “Retired hurt”, followed by a question mark.
Lucknow’s start in the first innings of the match was not good. After which Marcus Stoinis and Krunal Pandya handled the match. While Marcus scored 89 runs in 47 balls, Krunal Pandya scored 49 runs in 42 balls. But Krunal went out of the ground before scoring his half-century. As soon as Krunal left the field, the fans started teasing him.
How Was The Match
In this match of Lucknow and Mumbai, Mumbai decided to bowl after winning the toss, after which Lucknow, batting first, scored 177 runs at the loss of three wickets; while chasing this target, Mumbai Indians were able to score only 172 runs in 20 overs. And in this, five batsmen of Mumbai also returned to the pavilion. While Marcus batted well for Lucknow, Ishan Kishan from Mumbai scored 59 runs while batting brilliantly.
Reaction Of Fans To Ashwin’s Tweet
Retired out? #LSGvsMI #KrunalPandya
— Ashwin ???????? (@ashwinravi99) May 16, 2023
Ash anna to KP pic.twitter.com/Lv6doPYzDC
— jetha hi????ler ???? (@sterns_haschen) May 16, 2023
Does calling Retired hurt …actually hurt ?
— ???????????????????????????????? (@Mogemmbo) May 16, 2023
Strategy?
— Rosh (@Rosh2703) May 16, 2023
Utterly cheating
— Raj (@bigbullmarkets) May 16, 2023
The rules permit you to do it! There is no cheating
— Ashwin ???????? (@ashwinravi99) May 16, 2023
