Gujarat have taken a funny dig at Lucknow’s Manimaran Siddharth for bowling 3 no balls in a single over during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match on Sunday, April 7 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. It took the left-arm spinner to complete the fifth over in Gujarat’s run-chase. He took 9 balls to complete the entire over.
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Siddharth started his third over with 3 legitimate balls where he gave away only 3 runs. But then, he struggled to find his footing and kept overstepping constantly. He bowled 2 no balls in a row while bowling the fourth ball of the over. While bowling the last over, the tweaker added to Lucknow’s frustration as he bowled yet another no ball.
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Luckily for him, Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill, the batters in the middle, were not able to capitalise on the free hits. Siddharth gave away 12 runs in the over and had figures of 3-0-20-3. After the over, GT dropped a message on their social media handle, taking a dig at Siddharth.
“Kya karein, over khatam hi nahi hota hai! (What do we do, the over is not finishing),” Gujarat wrote. Siddharth came into the game as an Impact Sub after replacing Marcus Stoinis.
How has Manimaran Siddharth performed?
Prior to the game against Gujarat, Siddharth played 2 games in IPL 2024. In his first outing against Punjab on March 30, he had figures of 2-0-21-0. Thereafter, he had figures of 3-0-21-1 after getting the prized wicket of Virat Kohli.
In the game against Gujarat, Siddharth could not get a wicket, but finished with economical figures of 4-0-29-0. In 9 T20 matches until now, he has taken 19 wickets with 3 four-wicket hauls to his name.
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