In the high-stakes clash of Asia Cup 2023, Pakistani speedster Haris Rauf lived up to his reputation for explosive pace, leaving batters in a quandary. Shreyas Iyer found himself in a rather peculiar predicament when Rauf’s thunderbolt of a delivery split his bat in half after attempting a cover drive, forcing him to hurriedly change his equipment.
India’s performance in their Asia Cup 2023 opener has been less than stellar, with the team losing three wickets and managing a total of just 51 runs. Shaheen Shah Afridi wreaked havoc with his lethal bowling, and Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf also proved to be challenging for the Indian batters. Rauf, renowned for his blistering pace, grabbed the spotlight with a scorching delivery that led to an unexpected turn of events.
It was during the eighth over of the innings when Rauf faced off against Shreyas Iyer. On the fourth delivery of the over, Rauf pitched the ball up just outside off, and Iyer elegantly drove it through the covers, earning himself four valuable runs for the shot.
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However, the sheer pace and ferocity of the delivery caused the ball to strike the cue end of Iyer’s bat, resulting in the bat splitting into two. This unusual incident did not go unnoticed by cricket enthusiasts on Twitter, who expressed their astonishment at the extraordinary turn of events.
β andre bapat (@AndreBapat82195) September 2, 2023
Pakistan (Playing XI): Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain) Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf.
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India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah.
Shreyas Iyer’s bat broken on Haris Rauf’s delivery.#AsiaCup2023 #PakvsInd pic.twitter.com/lkdgJjKKSL
β Zawar Hassan Razaπ΅π° (@Zawar_Ahlybait) September 2, 2023
Shreyas iyer bat broken on Haris rauf’s delivery #PAKvIND #RohitSharma #ShaheenShahAfridi #HarisRauf #ShreyasIyer#pakvsind #INDvsPAK #Cricket #ODI #AsiaCup #AsiaCup2023 #ViratKohli #BabarAzam #Rainpic.twitter.com/jUBJK5hCTa
β Niche Universe (@Every_Niche) September 2, 2023
Shreyas iyer’s bat broken on Haris raif’s forey delivery#INDvsPAK #AsiaCup2023 #HarisRauf #ShreyasIyer #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/Wf1I3L1RpH
β arey saala (@VishwaPrasanth1) September 2, 2023
Shreyas Iyer dismissed for 14(9).
Haris Rauf Brake His Bat
Pace is Pace Yrπ₯π₯π₯#INDvsPAK #PAKvIND #pakvsind #AsiaCup23 #AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/2U2umqjnl5β Bilal Wazir (@Bilalwaziir) September 2, 2023
Shreyas Iyer’s bat broken on Haris Rauf’s delivery.#ViratKohli #INDvPAK #INDvsPAK pic.twitter.com/q2qHOJ2BwN
β G Class (@AksWagon) September 2, 2023
Shreyas Iyer’s bat broken on Haris Rauf’s delivery.
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π§πππππππ#ViratKohliπ΅ #PAKvIND #INDvsPAK #AsiaCup23 #AsiaCup #ShubmanGill #CricketTwitterβ―β―β―β―β―β― #Cricket #CricketFever #PAKvIND #RohitSharma
Viratkohli reaction ππππ pic.twitter.com/ZzWDr0cPC4β Sports and Newspaper (@p36242) September 2, 2023
Haris Rauf’s delivery broke Shreyas Iyer’s bat. Pace is pace, yaar π₯π₯ #AsiaCup2023 pic.twitter.com/5Ue4v0AR8o
β Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) September 2, 2023
The Speed Gun Haris Rauf broke the shreyas lyer bat will the Ball π₯π€π» #AsiaCup2023 #HarisRauf #INDvsPAK #PAKvIND pic.twitter.com/bfuYdvJuTC
β Faisal_KhattaCk (@_faisal_khattak) September 2, 2023
Haris Rauf’s delivery broke Shreyas Iyer’s bat. Pace is pace, yaar π₯π₯#AsiaCup2023 #PakvInd pic.twitter.com/Cim07pR7Xr
β Sher Ali (@SahabShero) September 2, 2023
