IPL 2024 | Twitter trolls as GT turns IPL to Street Premier league post absurd overthrow
Cricket is a game that can offer moments of brilliance and utter confusion leading to poor display of performance. Such was the scene in the contest between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans wherein there was a display of poor fielding by Gujarat fielders gifting Rajasthan extra runs.
After a delayed toss due to rain at Jaipur, Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and chose to field first. The decision to bowl worked well for the visitors as they managed to dismiss Rajasthan opener Yashasvi Jaiswal in the fifth over. The woe persisted for Rajasthan as they lost Buttler in the sixth. With Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag on the crease, the home side reached 43/2 at the end of the powerplay. As Gujarat bowlers were looking for another wicket, there came a moment when Gujarat fielders were subjected to some terrible fielding leading to extra runs for the home side.
On the final delivery of the ninth over, Noor Ahmad delivered a length ball to Samson who attempted to defend it. However, a thick outside edge of the bat sent the ball racing towards the backward point fielder. Meanwhile, Sai Sudharsan who was stationed there, threw the white rock to the bowler's end but the 19-year-old Afghan spinner failed to gather it. Mohit Sharma, rushing in from mid-off attempted to intercept but fumbled allowing the ball to escape to the boundary line. This unfortunate sequence resulted in five runs for Rajasthan Royals, much to the dismay of the Gujarat contingent, who displayed a lacklustre performance in the field.
The incident quickly gained traction on Twitter, with users expressing their dismay over Gujarat's subpar fielding performance.
What kinda fielding is this!
— Debi Cha (@ChaDebi95756) April 10, 2024
Poor from
2-3 dropped catches and 5 extra runs by overthrow till now in this innings... 😁☝🏻
— Tanishk 🪄 (@utd4lifematee) April 10, 2024
Excellent fielding standards of GT this season 👏👏👏#RRvsGT || #RRvGT pic.twitter.com/0o3emjpo12
Very evry poor!
Gt's fielding has been so bad man
— aman. (@Amankv4) April 10, 2024
Is it?
GT needs a good fielding coach. What the hell is happening? #RRvsGT pic.twitter.com/T8oRZGvggB
— twinklingtina (@twinklingtina) April 10, 2024
That was not needed there!
As good as rr is
— Ashhhhhhhh | DCftw (@ashhhh_17_dcftw) April 10, 2024
Gt’s fielding gifted them this game
Yeah sadly!
GT lost both matches because of poor fielding and catch drops… the same story continues in this match as well..🤦♂️ #IPL #IPL2024 #GT #GujaratTitans #RRvsGT #GTvsRR
— ViralVista (@anant_GT_IPL) April 10, 2024
Needs to be bettter!
3 dropped catches and 5 extra runs nice fielding by GT within 10 overs #RRvsGT
— बांके बिहारी (@mahadev586) April 10, 2024
May be!
Is GT a bad fielding side in this TATA IPL 2024 ?#GTvsRR #RRvsGT #TATAIPL2024 #RivalryWeek #CricketTwitter
— DRx.RAM (@MrRamTweets) April 10, 2024
Someone should look after it!
Pls change GT's fielding coach
— .... (@Shrushti257731) April 10, 2024