Zimbabwe cricketer Ryan Burl must have been over the moon after getting a sponsorship deal with Puma Cricket. A few days back, the all-rounder posted a picture on Twitter of his torn shoes. He apparently asked for sponsorship for his national team so that the players will not have to fix the shoes back every time a series gets over. His plea was heard within 24 hours as Puma Cricket offered him a sponsorship deal.
While the cricketing world was delighted with Puma helping Ryan Burl, the entire turn of events seems not to have gone down well with Zimbabwe Cricket Board. The cricket body is not happy with Burl’s plea on social media as posts a negative image of the cricketing body. Moreover, the southpaw will now be expected to face repercussions over this incident as the board officials are mulling to take disciplinary action against him.
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According to a couple of tweets from journalist Adam Theo, the board members have decided to drop the all-rounder for his help-seeking tweet Theo had tweeted, “I’m told that certain members high up in Zimbabwe Cricket are angry at Ryan Burl’s plea for sponsorship help as it “reflects bad on the organisation. I’m also told that the same members want disciplinary action to be enforced. This would be a terrible move by Zim Cricket.”
He further added, “Knowing how ZC works, this won’t be public disciplinary action but rather behind the doors nonsense. Don’t be surprised to see team selection omissions and similar techniques used. Hope I’m wrong.”
Knowing how ZC works, this won’t be public disciplinary action but rather behind the doors nonsense. Don’t be surprised to see team selection omissions and similar techniques used. Hope I’m wrong.
— Adam Theo🇿🇼🏏 (@AdamTheofilatos) May 23, 2021
Meanwhile, Ryan Burl has been a part of Zimbabwe’s team in all three formats. The southpaw is an aggressive batsman in the middle-order who can also contribute with his handy leg-breaks. So far, he has played three Test matches, 15 ODIs, and 25 T20Is, in which he managed to amassed 660 runs and take 18 wickets. These numbers are indeed not incredible, but the 27-year-old would like to enhance his game with time.
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Zimbabwe will now be locking horns with Ireland for three ODIs and as many T20Is in August. The side couldn’t do well against Pakistan in their last assignment as they lost the Test series 0-2 before facing a 1-2 defeat in T20Is. Nevertheless, they would be determined to put up a much better show against the Irish side.
