IPL 2024 | Twitter erupts as Shamar Joseph's debut spirals into nightmare with 10-ball over

04/14/2024

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Every cricketer faces the possibility of a bad start and what's important is how you bounce back from them. Such was the case in the contest between Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders where pacer Shamar Joseph’s debut turned into a nightmare after leaking 22 runs in his first over.

‌The Lucknow Super Giants posted a respectable total of 161/7 in their allotted 20 overs, boosted by Nicholas Pooran's contribution of 45 runs from 32 deliveries. Mitchell Starc, who had been struggling with form, regained his rhythm by taking three wickets while conceding 28 runs. In the second innings, Kolkata's opening pair Phil Salt and Sunil Narine took the field with KL Rahul entrusting the first over to Shamar Joseph. However, the 24-year-old pacer faced a rough start as his first over was costly.

Joseph began decently by giving away just eight runs. But as he completed the over, the no-ball signal sounded indicating that he had overstepped on the last delivery. Coming back to bowl the extra ball, he unfortunately delivered a wide. This was followed by two more wides, one of which raced to the boundary. In the midst of this, he bowled another no-ball resulting in 14 runs being conceded already with Salt was ready to exploit the free hit. Eventually, Joseph delivered a legal ball which Salt dispatched for a six marking a disastrous debut for the West Indian. However, amidst the disappointment, KL Rahul was seen comforting Joseph and offering words of encouragement as he placed a reassuring hand on his back.

The Twitterverse quickly reacted to Shamar Joseph's challenging IPL debut sparking discussions across social media platforms.

Horror ending!

pic.twitter.com/IwVY27oFj6
— Debi Jag (@DebiJag608) April 14, 2024

Bad start

Shamar Joseph bowled 10 balls in his first IPL over.

He bowled first 5 legal deliveries in 5 balls, but then took 5 more balls to deliver the 6th legal ball!

And the sixth legal ball went for Six! #KKRvsLSG pic.twitter.com/w56lF476km
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 14, 2024

Not the ideal start

Welcome to IPL Shamar Joseph

10 ball over to start with 🔥
— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) April 14, 2024

lol

Me returning to Gully cricket after 5 years #ShamarJoseph pic.twitter.com/WjriRhFrTh
— Div🦁 (@div_yumm) April 14, 2024

Good question

Where were all these no balls at the Gabba, Shamar Joseph?!#KKRvsLSG
— CricBlog ✍ (@cric_blog) April 14, 2024

Calm down

Shamar Joseph needs to calm himself down a bit. Nerves.

All out attack bowler. A point that I have made before about him. He needs to learn the defensive skills needed for t20 cricket.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) April 14, 2024

Need time

Shamar Joseph Needs more time in terms of the spell considering played more first class . Need defensive skills and probably variations in limited overs that would gradually come in 1-2 yrs by playing cpl consistently. Hope they leave him alone and not include him in WC Squad
— Pratham (@Pratham_Padu) April 14, 2024

Yup

The only effect of Shamar Joseph being no balled rather than wided then is it adds a ball faced to Phil Salt's innings. He must be fuming
— Ben Gardner (@Ben_Wisden) April 14, 2024

Welcome

1st over of 22 runs for Shamar Joseph. Welcome to Eden Gardens Gabba Hero.
— Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) April 14, 2024

Interesting!

Shamar Joseph has Rabada problem

No consistency in landing balls

Said same in AUS series too where his eco was higher due to lot of loose balls

But got good bounce & kick vs Salt& Narine in 3 balls,beat him in 1 ball too

So this is a positive#KKRvsLSG
— SINLESANN (@SINLESANN) April 14, 2024

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