IPL 2020 has just kicked off with its latest edition in the UAE and we have already witnessed a few cricketers getting injured. On Monday, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s star all-rounder Rashid Khan made everyone sit on the edge of their seats as he suffered a nasty blow to his head.
Sunrisers Hyderabad was defeated by 10-runs by Royal Challengers Bangalore in their first match of the IPL 2020 campaign. Their defeat was epitomized by a horror clash between Rashid Khan and Abhishek Sharma while stealing a double during run chase against Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai.
The unfortunate incident occurred in the 17th overs bowled by RCB’s Shivam Dube when SRH still needed 30 off 19 balls.
In the last ball of the over, Shivam Dube hit the ball towards the deep backward square are and both the batters sprinted for the second run after completing the single. Both of them were looking at the ball and the two rammed into each other in a scary way.
Well, that’s not it, the horror for Sunrisers had only begun as Abhishek couldn’t make it to keeper end and was run-out. On the other hand, Rashid Khan was lying on the ground, writhing in pain. The physio soon conducted a concussion check and thankfully, there was no immediate cause of concern. He was bowled by Navdeep Saini in the following order.
Meanwhile, social media was already flooded with the reactions from the fans over this scary collision between the two batters.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
https://twitter.com/FazilKh52815712/status/1308098595166461953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1308098595166461953%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsportscafe.in%2Fcricket%2Farticles%2F2020%2Fsep%2F22%2Ftwitter-reacts-to-sr-hs-mid-pitch-chaos-as-horror-rashid-abhishek-clash-leaves-leg-spinner-knocked-out
Nasty collision, Hope Rashid Khan is ok.#IPL2020
— Arjun (@LifeIsAnElation) September 21, 2020
Oh Fuck!!! Hope Rashid khan is okay!!!
That was a nasty collision ??— Dead armys the best (@nimkibts) September 21, 2020
News: IPL 2020: Rashid Khan knocked down after nasty mid-pitch collision https://t.co/A9pMCmzcuR
— My Indian News (@_MyIndianNews_) September 21, 2020
It just wasn’t the day for @SunRisers #SRH –
Marsh Injury , Warner run out & Rashid Khan collision. Batting order collapse ! Better luck next time! #SRHvRCB #ipl2020— Akash Lakshmanan (@AkashLakshmanan) September 21, 2020
https://twitter.com/PageTrending/status/1308099288484855809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1308099288484855809%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsportscafe.in%2Fcricket%2Farticles%2F2020%2Fsep%2F22%2Ftwitter-reacts-to-sr-hs-mid-pitch-chaos-as-horror-rashid-abhishek-clash-leaves-leg-spinner-knocked-out
It’s been a very weird, unfortunate chase for #SRH 
-The #Warner runout
-The ankle injury to M.Marsh earlier and he’s not come to bat yet in this chase!
-The nasty Abhishek Sharma – Rashid Khan collision runout3 ovs, 29 runs to win, 4 wkts in hand!#SRH #RCBvSRH #Ipl #RCB
— Sloka Desai? (@SlokaDesai) September 21, 2020
@JeniOfficel
Eppadio jeichachu..!!
Warner run out.
Mitch Marsh injury.
Rashid khan collision.Idhellam nadantha than @RCBTweets jeikka mudiyudhu..
— Dr Mohan (@drdali7) September 21, 2020
https://twitter.com/middlestump5/status/1308281148926173185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1308281148926173185%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsportscafe.in%2Fcricket%2Farticles%2F2020%2Fsep%2F22%2Ftwitter-reacts-to-sr-hs-mid-pitch-chaos-as-horror-rashid-abhishek-clash-leaves-leg-spinner-knocked-out
Meanwhile, talking about the match, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs. Chasing a target of 164, the SRH were all out for 153 in 19.4 overs.