Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pacer Vinay Kumar is facing huge criticism after failing to defend 17 runs in the final over against the hosts Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai) on Tuesday night. While former Indian Test opener Akash Chopra provided some stats of Vinay Kumar’s bowling in this IPL season, another Indian cricketer Manoj Tiwary backed the Indian pacer.
Chasing the 202 runs, CSK needed 17 runs in the last over while Vinay Kumar came to bowl his second over of the match. While earlier he conceded 16 runs in the first over of that innings, in the final over Vinay Kumar failed to defend the 17 runs.
In the KKR’s opening game of this IPL season, which was against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Eden Gardens (Kolkata), Vinay Kumar had bowled in the first and last over of RCB’s innings where he conceded 14 and 16 runs respectively. Vinay Kumar had the 2-0-30-2 bowling figure in that game as he took both wickets in the final two balls.
After the last night game, Akash Chopra brought the stats of Vinay Kumar’s conceding runs in this IPL season.
Here is Akash Chopra’s tweet:
Vinay Kumar in this IPL thus far
1st over vs RCB—14
20th over vs RCB—16
1st over vs CSK—16
20th over vs CSK—19
#CSKvKKR #IPL— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 10, 2018
Later, Bengal first-class captain Manoj Tiwary responded on that tweet where he requested to Akash Chopra to don’t highlight those performances and instead feel for him.
Manoj wrote on his Twitter account, “Hi Aakash bhai. Would humbly request u 2 plz don’t highlight his performances which has not gone d way he wanted it 2 go. Nobody wants to do badly and u hav been a cricketer urself. Let’s feel for him instead. It’s a Request from a small brother 2 a big brother”
Hi Aakash bhai. Would humbly request u 2 plz don’t highlight his performances which has not gone d way he wanted it 2 go. Nobody wants to do badly and u hav been a cricketer urself. Let’s feel for him instead. It’s a Request from a small brother 2 a big brother 👍
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) April 10, 2018
Vinay Kumar facing huge criticism from the fans too. Many came to troll him badly on the social sites.
Later, he responded by tweeting, “Hey guys take it easy, it’s just a game. Where were you all when I defended 9 runs against RCB and 10 runs against Mumbai Indians!! Sometimes things do go wrong so CHILL….”
Hey guys take it easy, it’s just a game. Where were you all when I defended 9 runs against RCB and 10 runs against Mumbai Indians!! Sometimes things do go wrong so CHILL….
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) April 11, 2018
Apart from Manoj Tiwary, Vinay Kumar also getting support from other cricketers like Irfan Pathan, Murali Karthik etc.
