Intensity and aggressive behavior are a part and parcel of cricket but if a player allows himself to be overwhelmed by these emotions, consequences are bound to follow. For Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pacer, Yudhvir Singh, the effect came instantly as he flopped to the ground wincing in pain while trying to intimidate the batter.
Rajasthan Royals were cruising well while chasing at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday as they restricted the Lucknow Super Giants to 154/7 before racking up 47 runs for the loss of no wickets on the powerplay. The down-and-out visitors nearly had their miseries compounded in the fifth over as new-ball bowler Yudhvir Singh was almost ruled out of action as he looked in gruesome pain after the ankle twist.
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The right-arm fast bowler was up against young opener, Yashasvi Jaiswal and delivered an accurate full-ball, bordering at yorker length, slightly wide of the stumps. The batter anticipated his counterpart’s intentions and dug deep into his crease before dispatching a powerful drive straight down the pitch. However, the ball only made it as far as Yudhvir who promptly collected it with an outstretched right hand off the surface.
Not satisfied with just the fielding effort, Yudhvir Singh decided to make his intentions known to the inexperienced batter and immediately raised his arm to throw the ball back where it came from. Yet, he had to pay the price for his actions immediately as before the ball could level leave his hand, Yudhvir suddenly flopped to the ground and began to roll about in agony, clearly in incredible amounts of pain.
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Replays showed that the bowler was still mid-way in his follow through and the sudden jerk of the body had put the entire pressure on his left ankle that was not properly grounded. As a result, it twisted menacingly, leading to the physios being immediately called to the pitch to pay attention to Yudhvir.
Here is the video of the incident:
— Surya Sharma (@SuryaSh54265109) April 19, 2023
Fortunately for Lucknow, the knock ended up being temporary and Yudhvir Singh was fit enough to continue with his over but the Twitterati had already been set ablaze by then with reactions of all sorts.
Yudhvir tried to act oversmart by threatening jaiswal with a return throw at the batter's end and ended up injuring himself in the process!
I've never seen karma act quicker than this 🤣😂#RRvLSG #IPL2O23
— Saurabh Sinha (@SaurabhSailor79) April 19, 2023
Yudhvir vro pic.twitter.com/7dI5mXEL0M
— Srikanth⚡KLR (@Srikanth7901) April 19, 2023
FELT THAT!!!
Take care, Yudhvir Singh #IPL2023 #RRvsLSG pic.twitter.com/hJxCJb8ucD
— Mahendra Singh Amrapali (@SiddViz) April 19, 2023
Bach gaya yudhvir 🙏
— Shiv Singh (@I_am_shiv05) April 19, 2023
Is yudhvir fine???
— Starlord | IPL Season 🥳 (@NotTheDarkBlade) April 19, 2023
Damn Yudhvir. Hope it's not serious.
— Sid (@sid_2893) April 19, 2023
RR have scored 34 so far, and Yudhvir has conceded 27 of them 👀#RRvLSG | #IPL | #CricketTwitter
— Krish (@archer_KC14) April 19, 2023
