Gambhir left fuming as India bowler Scripts Unwanted Record
India’s left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh put up an embarrassing show when he came up to bowl the 11th over during South Africa’s innings in the second T20I in Mullanpur. The fast bowler was hit for a six by Quinton de Kock on the very first ball. An under-pressure Arshdeep followed it up with two wide balls as he failed to keep the ball inside the tramline outside the off-stump. He then bowled a dot ball as de Kock missed a reverse lap. Arshdeep’s struggle didn’t end there – he bowled five more wides in the over, making it a really big one.
The over from Arshdeep had a total of 13 balls, including 7 wides. He leaked 18 runs in it.
Arshdeep equaled the record of Afghanistan’s Naveen-ul-Haq for bowling the most number of balls in an over in T20I cricket among full-member nations. Naveen had achieved the unwanted feat against Zimbabwe in Harare last year. The unwanted feat thus made Arshdeep the Indian bowler with the longest over in the format.
India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir was visibly furious over the pacer’s performance. Videos and pictures of Gambhir’s reaction are going viral on social media.
