Kolkata Knight Riders spinner Suyash Sharma’s attempted wide-ball delivery to deny Yashasvi Jaiswal his century during the IPL 2023 match between Rajasthan Royals and KKR at the Eden Gardens on Thursday, May 11, has divided the fans.
Suyash Sharma Did A Bizarre Act
The incident took place when Jaiswal was batting at 94 but he was standing at the non-striker’s end and his captain was on strike in the 13th over. Samson somehow prevented a wide delivery down the leg side from going towards 4 wides which could have denied a chance to Jaiswal to notch his century.
Samson played a shot to make the last ball of the over from Suyash a legal delivery. Samson then signaled to Jaiswal to smash a six and reach the triple-figure mark although the youngster could only manage to score a boundary. The boundary proved to be the winning run for RR as they won the game by 9 wickets. Yashasvi missed his century by just 2 runs but he took his side home.
After the game, fans on social media were divided as many felt that what Suyash did was right as everything is fair in a game. On the other hand, there were many who trolled him left, right and center for not showing the spirit of the game.
Aakash Chopra Slammed Suyash
Former Indian cricketer and commentator Aakash Chopra also took to his Twitter and slammed Suyash for the same. He wrote:
“Trying to bowl a wide to prevent Yashasvi from getting to his 100….poor taste IMHO,”
Check out the Tweet:
Trying to bowl a wide to prevent Yashasvi from getting to his 100….poor taste IMHO.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 11, 2023
In another Tweet, Aakash Chopra slammed people who argued in the favor of bowler. He gave an example that had it been a Pakistani bowler who had denied a century to Virat Kohli, the former would have been brutally roasted on social media by the same people who are favoring the bowler right now. Chopra wrote:
“Imagine a Pakistan bowler doing that to prevent Kohli from getting to his century. The same people who are giving gyan on how it’s absolutely okay…and that it wasn’t deliberate…will ensure that that bowler starts trending in minutes. Trolling level hi alag hota tab. Typical Twitter behaviour IMO”
Check out the Tweet:
Imagine a Pakistan bowler doing that to prevent Kohli from getting to his century. The same people who are giving gyan on how it’s absolutely okay…and that it wasn’t deliberate…will ensure that that bowler starts trending in minutes. Trolling level hi alag hota tab. Typical… https://t.co/u3wwOIV0ro
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 11, 2023
Meanwhile, Jaiswal has been in a stellar form this season. He had earlier smashed a century against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2023 but this time there were not enough runs on the board against KKR.
During his knock against KKR, Yashasvi etched his name in the history books as he broke the record of the fastest half-century in the history of the Indian Premier League. Jaiswal reached the milestone in just 13 balls and left everyone awestruck with his batting heroics.
