Published 13:37 IST, October 1st 2020
Robin Uthappa applies saliva on ball during Kolkata game; ICC, Dream11 IPL yet to comment
Rajasthan batsman Robin Uthappa was spotted applying saliva to the ball while he was fielding in their recent Dream11 IPL 2020 fixture against Kolkata.
Rajasthan lost to Kolkata by 37 runs on Wednesday, September 30 in Dubai to register their first defeat in the ongoing Dream11 Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL 2020) season. To make things worse for the Steve Smith-led side, their middle-order batsman Robin Uthappa was spotted applying saliva to the ball during the third over of the Kolkata innings. The moment was in violation of the biosecurity protocols as imposed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) earlier this year as well as by the Dream11 IPL 2020 governing council for the season in wake of the ongoing pandemic.
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During the third over of the Kolkata innings, Robin Uthappa dropped a skier off the bowling of Sunil Narine while he was stationed at mid-on. After the dropped catch, he collected the ball and applied saliva on it. The ICC issued a ‘cricket saliva ban’ rule in June owing to the pandemic. The aforementioned ban was also one of the biosecurity measures imposed by the Dream11 IPL 2020 governing council prior to the start of the tournament. Interestingly, neither the ICC nor Dream11 IPL 2020 officials have made a comment on the incident so far.
Meanwhile, in the match, Kolkata scored 174-6 off their 20 overs on the back of valuable contributions from Shubman Gill, Andre Russell and Eoin Morgan. In response, Rajasthan faltered in their run-chase and were reduced to 66-6 at one stage. Robin Uthappa’s poor outing with the bat continued as he managed just 2 runs from seven balls. Tom Curran top-scored with his 54 as Rajasthan stretched their score till 137-9 to fall 37 runs short of their target.
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Rajasthan Dream11 IPL squad
Steve Smith (captain), Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Yashasvi Jaiswal, David Miller, Aniruddha Joshi, Ben Stokes, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Robin Uthappa, Anuj Rawat, Shreyas Gopal, Shashank Singh, Rahul Tewatia, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Varun Aaron, Ankit Rajpoot, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Tom Curran, Oshane Thomas and Akash Singh.
Rajasthan Dream11 IPL team schedule
Rajasthan will now go up against Virat Kohli-led Bangalore on October 3 for their next Dream11 IPL 2020 game. The match will be contested at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Here is a look at the entire Rajasthan Dream11 IPL team schedule of the ongoing season.
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Updated 13:37 IST, October 1st 2020