Nitish Rana, Hrithik Shokeen engage in heated exchange during MI-KKR clash | Cricket News – Act Daily News

NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain Nitish Rana and Mumbai Indians’ Hrithik Shokeen had been concerned in a heated alternate after the latter removed the previous cheaply throughout the IPL match on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
The incident occurred within the ninth over of their match when the MI bowler Shokeen had a go at Rana after dismissing the KKR captain, who was on his means again to the dugout however stopped and circled to angrily give some phrases again on the bowler.
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Shokeen had Rana caught at lengthy on by substitute fielder Ramandeep Singh, and instantly regarded within the route of the batter to say just a few phrases. But as Rana turned again to answer the younger participant’s cost at him, Mumbai Indians’ stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav and the senior most participant within the sport, Piyush Chawla, stepped in to diffuse the strain.

It have to be famous that each Rana and Shokeen are teammates within the Delhi aspect in home cricket, however they don’t seem to be on speaking phrases even within the dressing room. The flare-up that occurred on Sunday afternoon was not one-off since these two gamers have had a historical past between them.

If Rana had an bizarre sport with the bat, falling for 5 off 10 balls, Shokeen was a busy participant on Sunday as after taking a pointy catch to dismiss the struggling N Jagadeesan early on off Cameron Green at cowl level he returned with 4-0-34-2 whereas additionally accounting for KKR all-rounder Shardul Thakur.
(With PTI inputs)