For someone to miss a game of cricket due to poor form and subsequently being dropped is acceptable. For someone to miss a game of cricket due to an injury is also acceptable. For someone to miss a game of cricket after being rested is also acceptable. But for someone to miss a game of cricket due to temporary loss of a cricket kit is way beyond imagination. Like seriously?
A reason which is as weird as it sounds was the real reason behind Aaron Finch not being included into Gujarat Lions’ playing eleven for today’s encounter against Mumbai Indians. Suresh Raina broke the news during the toss. He said, “Unfortunately Finchy misses out today because he’s lost his kit bag. It did not arrive on time.”
Finch made an unbeaten 33 off 19 balls with the help of three fours and two sixes in Lions’ win over Rising Pune Supergiant in the last match. To lose a batsman when he has performed well in the previous match is not advised for any franchise.
Look how people expressed their feelings on Twitter post the incident:
Aaron Finch ruled out from today's match because he has lost his kit bag.#MIvGL #IPL pic.twitter.com/f32mgcQZiL
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) April 16, 2017
Should've told us Aaron Finch, we had a kit bag to loan in our neighbouringMumbai studio.. #FindFinch'sBag #GLvMI pic.twitter.com/yzvVHhVHbA
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) April 16, 2017
@AaronFinch5 doesn't play because his kit bag didn't turn up? Really? We put men on the moon! #allegedly #findFinchybag
— Dean Jones (@ProfDeano) April 16, 2017
Not sure if you can believe this…Finch isn't playing today because he left his kit in Rajkot🙈🙈 😂🤣🤣 Surely he can borrow?? #MIvGL #IPL
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) April 16, 2017
I can offer these two to Finch. Perhaps, too late. 🙈🙊 #MIvGL #IPL pic.twitter.com/Cca924TokH
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 16, 2017
