ACC Premier Cup | Twitter reacts as war of words between Aarif and Rizlan paves way for unique send-off
Fielders sledging the batters to disturb their concentration is a common occurrence in cricket but escorting them back to the pavilion is a rare sight to witness. An ACC Premier Cup match between Nepal and Qatar produced a similar moment as Aarif Sheikh gave Mohammed Rizlan a unique send-off.
Nepal are on their way to register a victory cleaning up half of Qatar’s side inside 20 overs in the ACC Premier Cup fixture. Nepal batted first and were bundled out by visitors on a total of 157 with Sandeep Lamichhane being the highest run-scorer with a knock of unbeaten 43 runs. Stepping into the field to defend the target, Nepal bowlers dominated the proceedings. They garnered praise from the spectators for the performance but a verbal spat during the second innings made waves as it culminated in a bizarre send-off.
Sandeep Lamichhane was bowling the 13th over of the innings and he was troubling Mohammed Rizlan as the batter was unable to read him. Rizlan edged the second ball of the over to Aarif Sheikh who was standing in the slips but he failed to pull off a sharp take. After the delivery, a verbal spat occurred between the batter and the fielder. However, Lamichhane put an end to the possible extension of the banter dismissing the batter two balls later.
However, after Rizlan was dismissed, Aarif escorted him on his way back to the dugout. Captain Rohit Paudel pulled him away from the batter to subside the situation. The impact of the incident was felt on social media as well as the users expressed their emotions on Twitter.
What a send of
— Washington Ydav (@WashingtonYdav) April 27, 2023
Bring him back
Bring back @Sompal_Kami instead of gulshan jha, attack the stump and end the game guys .#NepVQTR
— Gokul (@Gokuljoshi234) April 27, 2023
Dippu time
It's time to bring dippu in the attack from one end .#NepVQTR
— Gobind (@Gobind65) April 27, 2023
Electric
More electric balling expected as Mr. Kulman Ghising gets to the venue ! #NepVQTR #ACCPremierCup
— उत्सव भट्टराई (@utsavpal07) April 27, 2023
True
Qatar getting their treatement back#NepVQTR #accpremiermencup
— Nayan Bista (@nayan_bista) April 27, 2023
Ripper
Ripper from Sompal dai🔥🔥🔥#NepVQTR
— Janak Joshi (@janak_joshi10) April 27, 2023
Dominator
Dominator Nepal 🇳🇵👑❤️#WeCan | #RoadToAsiaCup | #NepalvsQatar | #NepVQTR
— Bibhushan Dahal (@SNepalensis) April 27, 2023
Special fans
Nepal fans watching Qatar vs Nepal watch from top of trees.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 27, 2023
The Craze for Cricket is unreal. pic.twitter.com/TWfEemKrX0
LOL
Nepal making a mockery out of Qatar's batting. Kushal Malla and Aarif Sheikh having a cute little send of to the batsman and Rohit dragging two of them away 😭😭
— Siddhant (@__s1ddhant__) April 27, 2023
Not gonna happen
Qatar to break Nepal's winning streak?😬
— Fayez (@Fayezhuda88) April 27, 2023