Heated clash sees bat thrown at Mitchell Starc at Indian Premier League overnight

May 7, 2014

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Mumbai, May 7: The IPL circus has exploded in a series of controversial incidents overnight with West Indian Kieron Pollard throwing a bat at Australia’s Starc.

The pair had been at each others throats in the clash between the Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals but matters came to a head in the 17th over.

Starc bowled a bouncer that narrowly missed Pollard’s helmet. The young Australian then appeared to speak his mind to the batsman who waved him away contemptuously.

The following delivery Pollard pulled away just as Starc approached the wicket, but the bowler continued and bowled a ball down the leg side toward the retreating Mumbai Indian batsman.

Pollard exploded with rage and shaped to throw the bat at Starc but managed to only hurl it harmlessly into the ground at his feet.

The saga continued when Pollard was run out by Starc.

The West Indian was hopelessly stranded and the Australian, who plays for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, held the ball above the bails signalling toward the batsman to attempt the futile run before eventually completing the dismissal.

In the Royals innings Pollard greeted Starc with a bouncer and took a catch to end his innings.

The Mumbai side won the match.

In the 2013 Big Bash League a clash between Pollard’s West Indian team mate Marlon Samuels and Shane also got out of hand.

On that occasion the West Indian also threw his bat.

IPL 7: Rohit, Pollard star in Mumbai Indians comprehensive win

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Mumbai, May 7: Riding on fine batting performances by skipper Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard, defending champions Mumbai Indians registered their second win in the India Premier League (IPL) beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 19 runs at the Wankhede Stadium here Tuesday.

Put in, Rohit struck an unbeaten 59 off 35 balls, and Pollard made a 31-ball 43 as Mumbai Indians posted a mammoth 187 for five in 20 overs.

It was a dismal batting performance by the Royal Challengers as they had to pay a heavy price for inconsistency.

Barring Chris Gayle (38), Parthiv Patel (26) and Virat Kohli ( 35) none of other batsmen could put up a semblance of fight and they managed 168 for eight in 20 overs .

In fact Royal Challengers batsmen had to blame themselves for the loss as the trio of Gayle, Patel and Kohli, who was playing his 100th IPL match, gifted away their wickets after having done all the hardwork.

Gayle and Patel gave Royal Challengers a good start with their 53-run partnership for the first wicket but then Royal Challengers squandered the impressive start .

Gayle struck three fours and three sixes in his 24-ball knock while Patel hit five fours during his 19-ball stay.

Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh (2/33)A did well to remove the openers while pacers Lasith Malinga ( 2/29) and Jaspreet Bumrah (2/22) did well in the death overs.

Kohli showed glimpses of his brilliance with a quickfire 35 off 28 balls hitting two fours and two sixes but after he departed in the 14th over the innings fell apart.

Yuvraj Singh, the most expensive buy in this year's IPL,A managed six from 10 while Rile Rossouw came up with a cameo ofA 24 off 14 balls.

Earlier in the day, Chidhambharam Gautam gave Mumbai Indians a stable start with 30 off 28 balls. After the early departure of opener Ben Dunk (15), Gautam was involved in a crucial 46-run stand with Ambati Rayudu (9) for the second wicket.

And just when it looked that Mumbai Indians had the proceedings in control, they suffered a mini batting collapse losing three wickets for 13 runs. From a comfortable 71/1 they were left struggling at 84/4.

It was then Rohit, who played a captain's knock , and Pollard took Mumbai Indians to a position of strength with their 97-run stand for the fifth-wicket in just 60 deliveries.

Rohit was the aggressive of the two as he spanked four sixes and three fours while Pollard relied more on fours hitting six in 31 balls.

What also helped the Mumbai Indians was the indisciplined bowling performance by Royal Challengers, who conceded 25 extras including 12 wides.

The match also witnessed a heated exchange between Pollard and fast bowler Mitchell Starc during the Mumbai Indians innings.

Pollard had pulled out while Starc was still in his bowling run up in the 17th over. Starc, however,A continued his bowling and fired it towards the West Indian. Pollard also flung his bat towards the bowler and it needed the intervention of the umpires to cool down the things.

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July 12,2020

New Delhi, Jul 12: Former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to do away with 'umpire's call' whenever a team opts for a review regarding a leg-before wicket (LBW) decision.

The Master Blaster has also said that a batsman should be given out if the ball is hitting the stumps.

Whether more than 50 per cent of the ball is hitting the stumps or not should not be matter, he further stated.

"What per cent of the ball hits the stumps doesn't matter, if DRS shows us that the ball is hitting the stumps, it should be given out, regardless of the on-field call," Tendulkar tweeted.

With this tweet, the former India batsman also shared a video, in which he has a discussion with Brian Lara regarding the working of DRS.
"One thing I don't agree with, with the ICC, is the DRS they have been using for quite some time. It is the LBW decision where more than 50 per cent of the ball must be hitting the stumps for the on-field decision to be overturned," Tendulkar said in the video.

"The only reason they (the batsman or the bowler) have gone upstairs is that they are unhappy with the on-field decision, so when the decision goes to the third umpire, let the technology take over, just like in tennis, it's either in or out, there's nothing in between," he added.

This call for doing away with umpire's call has been recommended by many former players.
Whenever a verdict pops up as 'umpire's call, the decision of the on-field umpire is not changed, but the teams do not lose their review as well.

ICC recently introduced some changes to the game of cricket, and they gave all teams liberty of extra review as non-neutral umpires will be employed in Test matches due to the coronavirus pandemic.

As a result, all teams will now have three reviews in every innings of a Test match. 

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June 25,2020

Jun 25: After asserting that the 2011 World Cup final was "sold" by "certain parties" in Sri Lanka to India, the island nation's former sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has now called his claim a "suspicion" that he wants investigated.

The Lankan government has ordered an enquiry into the matter and a special Police investigation unit recorded Aluthgamage's statement on Wednesday. He told the team that he was only suspicious of fixing.

"I want my suspicion investigated," Aluthgamage told reporters.

"I gave to the Police, a copy of the complaint I lodged with the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 30 October 2011 regarding the said allegation as then Sports Minister," he said.

Aluthgamage has alleged that his country "sold" the game to India, a claim that was ridiculed by former captains Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene who demanded evidence from him.

Set a target of 275, India clinched the trophy thanks to the brilliance of Gautam Gambhir (97) and then skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (91).

"Today I am telling you that we sold the 2011 world cup, I said this when I was the sports minister," Aluthgamage, who was the sports minister at the time, had stated.

Sangakkara, the captain of Sri Lanka at that time, asked him to produce evidence for an anti-corruption probe.

"He needs to take his 'evidence' to the ICC and the Anti corruption and Security Unit so the claims can be investigated thoroughly," he tweeted.

Jayawardene, also a former captain who scored a hundred in that game, ridiculed the charge.

"Is the elections around the corner...like the circus has started...names and evidence?" he asked in a tweet.

Aluthgamage said that in his opinion no players were involved in fixing the result, "but certain parties were."

Both Aluthgamage and the then President Mahinda Rajapaksa were among the invitees at the final played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Following his allegations, Aravinda de Silva, the former great who was the then chairman of selectors, has urged the BCCI to conduct its own investigation.

De Silva has said he is willing to travel to India to take part in such an investigation despite the current COVID-19 threat.

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March 29,2020

New Delhi, Mar 29: Former Indian batsman Wasim Jaffer on Sunday picked his all-time IPL team and appointed wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni as its captain.

Jaffer's team's feature opener Rohit Sharma, current Indian skipper Virat Kohli, all-rounder Hardik Pandya, spinner R Ashwin, and pacer Jasprit Bumrah as seven domestic players.
While the foreign players spot have been occupied by West Indies' swashbuckling batsman Chris Gayle, all-rounder Andre Russell, Afghanistan's spinner Rashid Khan, and Sri Lanka's veteran pacer Lasith Malinga.
Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been picked as 12th man by Jaffer.

Earlier this month, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decided to postpone the IPL to April 15, 2020, as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 outbreak.
The board also assured that it will work in unison with the Sports Ministry and will adhere to the guidelines issued.

The 13th edition of IPL was scheduled to commence from March 29. 

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