IPL 2024 | Twitter laughs at Pant giving DRS reality check to Khaleel’s funny celebrappeal
The intensity of a gruelling cricket contest can often get the better of a bowler and such was the case with left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed at Ekana on Friday. The Delhi Capitals bowler seemed over-celebrating for a lbw without even bothering to look at the umpire, only to get trolled by his captain.
The home side, Lucknow Super Giants did not have a fairytale start against the Capitals in the Ekana Stadium as Khaleel Ahmed managed to outfox Quinton de Kock and Devdutt Padikkal inside the powerplay. The wickets kept tumbling for LSG before Ayush Badoni and Arshad Khan stabilized the ship to counter the DC bowlers. As the game progressed towards the fag end, Khaleel got carried away by an appeal even as the umpire remained unbothered.
On the fifth ball of the 18th over, the Rajasthan-based pacer nailed a yorker into Arshad Khan from over the wicket that the Madhya Pradesh-based bowler failed to connect. Seeing the ball thud the pad, Khaleel was carried away and almost started celebrappealing with the umpire seeming uninterested. The ball was going down the leg stump and was probably missing the stumps. However, the Capitals also did not have any reviews left, and captain Rishabh Pant was seen gesturing towards the bowler with a wry smile on his face.
The Twitterverse broke into laughs on seeing this incident and here’s how they reacted.
Funny early celebration
— Vn (@HitmanVn) April 12, 2024
Ruins everything
Khaleel Ahmed will always bowl a bad 4th over and ruin his figures 😭#LSGvDC
— Aniket (@annakacarrom) April 12, 2024
Consistency
Honestly Khaleel Ahmed deserves a place. Man's performing consistently since 2022. Should take him to America ahead of Paaji
— Chatenya Mathur 🦁🇮🇳 (@mathur_chatenya) April 12, 2024
Irritating
Parthiv Patel calling Khaleel Ahmed as Ibrahim Khaleel is so irritating!
— Gaurav Gawade (@AshTonisher88) April 12, 2024
Worst bowler
Khaleel Ahmed is the worst bowler BY FAR in the IPL..
— Betsworldwide (@Bettingetc) April 12, 2024
Today he has 2 wickets...
MY. BET. ONLY https://t.co/dZQ96Bsk0u
Breathing fire
Khaleel Ahmed is breathing fire this season. Selectors should surely keep an eye on him. #LSGvsDC
— The Targaryen Wolf (@pseudobrahmin02) April 12, 2024
Good season
Khaleel Ahmed having a good season...better choice than Siraj for WT20
— JSK (@imjsk27) April 12, 2024
No lie
Not gonna lie, Khaleel Ahmed has been one of the most improved bowlers in IPL. Bowled well both last year and this year. Feel like he made his India debut while he wasn’t quite ready. I am sure if given a chance now, he will perform much better. #IPL2024 #DCvLSG #LSGvsDC
— VSK🏏 (@vsk1110) April 12, 2024
Got him
Khaleel Ahmed gets Padikkal pic.twitter.com/jg3NptYRAG
— Muzamal Dhother🇵🇰 (@Sust_insaan) April 12, 2024
Reminding this
Guys let me remind you one thing. The dc auction taklu bought khaleel ahmed by mistake in 2021 or 2020(idont remember the yr) and he has been one of the best bowlers for dc 😭😭 .ppl already forgot that thing #DCvsLSG
— Not_Shaun (@shaunak_pal) April 12, 2024