The Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Rajasthan Royals (RR) had literally landed their jersey for the 2020 edition on a beach in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) off a plane with a skydiver doing the honors. The players, who had a “beach morning” after a “long practice session” the previous night, went on to reveal the jersey and it was none other than Robin Uthappa, as the video of the same was revealed by the Rajasthan-based franchise on social media, were perplexed at the sight.
Riyan Parag, the only member of the squad who had prior information on this development, was one of the first to come out to the bag that landed from the sky and pick out the jerseys from it. Captioning the video on Twitter, RR wrote: “Official matchday jersey for #IPL2020 has literally 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃🔥 @redbullindia | #HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily”.
Official matchday jersey for #IPL2020 has literally 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃🔥 @redbullindia | #HallaBol | #RoyalsFamilypic.twitter.com/oCyJasIWV2
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 9, 2020
In the video, Parag was heard saying, “Everyone is guessing different things. Everyone is guessing yachts, everyone is guessing jet skis and stuff.” The skydiver packed the brand-new jerseys in his backpack and reached to the players playing football after boarding the flight.
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Ankit Rajpoot was the one who drew attention from his teammates to a man descending towards them from the sky, and soon the players were seen locking their eyes on the intruder who had landed in their midst aided by a parachute. The guest was given an ovation upon landing as the players soon found out the reason behind his high-flying rendezvous.
Rajasthan won the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008 but hasn’t been able to repeat the feat since. After reaching the playoffs in the 2018 edition, Rajasthan’s performances regressed as they finished seventh in 2019.
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They will be led by Australia’s Steve Smith this season, who is yet to arrive in the UAE as he is with Australia’s squad in the UK to play two limited-overs series. Rajasthan will be locking horns with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the opening match on September 22.
