LSG Spinner Digvesh Rathi Gives Fiery Send-off to Priyansh Arya, Faces Sunil Gavaskar’s Criticism

Lucknow Super Giants Spinner Digvesh Rathi Gave a Fiery Send-off to Punjab Kings Opener Priyansh Arya During Their IPL 2025 Encounter on Tuesday. During the third over of the pbks innings, Priyansh Ended Up Miscuing A Shot Off Digvesh’s Bowling and the ball went high up in the air. Shardul Thakur Moved Across from Mid-On and Completed an easy catch to give lsg their first breakthrough. Rathi immediatily ran towards the batter and made a gesture that signified that his name was added to his notbook of dismissals. The spinner was instantly called by the on-field umpire who has a brief chat with Him.

The Entre Incident Left Legendary Indian Cricket Team Captain Sunil Gavaskar Unhappy as He Criticized Digvesh’s Antics. Gavaskar was not in favor of such a send-off and said that batters do not make such guest gestures every time they have a boundary against the bowlers.

#Digveshrathi Provides the breakthrough as #Priyansharya Heads Back!

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Punjab kings enjoyed the fruits of a fantastic bowling effort in the powerplay as lucknow super giants posted a par-score of 171 for 7 on a tricky ekana ekana stadium surface

On a track that seemed two-paced with variable bounce, punjab kings bowlers LED by the ever-Dependable Arshdeep Singh Knocked off the top Order with the top ar in-form nicholas pooran (44 off 30) and ayush badoni (41 off 33 balls) wasn’t enough to put a challenging score on board.

Punjab’s Bowling Performance on Monday was the perfect definition of doing it in unison as spinners glenn maxwell (1/22 in 3 overs) and yuzvendra chahal (1/36 in 4 Overs) COCPERS Lockie Ferguson (1/26 in 3 overs), Arshdeep (3/43 in 4 Overs) and Marco Jansen (1/28 in 4 overs).

Credit should also be given to skipper shreyas iyer, whose intelligent field placements also ensured that lsg was Never in Control of the situation.

On a track, where certain deliveries were gripping and odd ball bounced a tad extra, only pooran looked comfortable against bot porses and spinners.

(With IANS Inputs)