IPL 2024 | Twitter reacts to unaware Siraj obstructing the field to nearly run out Shubman Gill
Cricket is a funny game and at the same time, a game of mere margins. A light-hearted incident that almost led to Shubman Gill’s dismissal in the first innings involved Mohammed Siraj non-deliberately blocking him as RCB squared off against GT in the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
During the toss, RCB captain Faf du Plessis backed his side to chase down a total in the day game and it proved worthy at the start when Swapnil Singh outsmarted Wriddhiman Saha in the first over itself. With B Sai Sudharsan and Gill trying to soak up the pressure, a bizarre incident took centerstage with unobservant Siraj almost blocking the Gt skipper’s path to take a run before Virat Kohli missed a direct hit to induce a run-out.
On the fifth delivery of the second over, Gill pushed a full-pitch delivery around the fourth stump towards mid-off and immediately set off for a quick single. As the batter wanted to sneak a run Siraj lost his poise and fell in the centre of the strip, unawarely blocking the Punjab-bred’s trajectory. In the meantime, Kohli grabbed the ball from mid-off and made a shy at the non-striker’s end but just fell short marginally short of inducing a run out against diving Gill.
The Twitterverse closely followed this incident and here’s how they reacted.
That looked scary!
— Yashji (@Yashji554997) April 28, 2024
Shubman was lucky there!
A collision between Siraj and Gill.#siraj pic.twitter.com/Wk3ohhO9c4
— Babar Fans Army (@babarsarmy54) April 28, 2024
Yeah looks like!
I don’t think that was a collision! Siraj just slipped ,right?
— Sankar Thekkedath (@sankartk) April 28, 2024
That would have been serious injury!
A collision between Mohammed Siraj and Shubman Gill!
— ᴵ ᴬᴹ•ᴛᴏxɪᴄ 々 (@i_am_toxic_1) April 28, 2024
Fortunately, no one is injured🤝
📷: Jio Cinema#MohammedSiraj #ShubmanGill #GTvRCB #GTvsRCB #IPL2024 #IPL #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/uitZ3XkzJD
Dangerous!
Collision between siraj and gill 😳
— i_am_joking🤩😁 (@justkidding2911) April 28, 2024
But don't worry both are safe ❤️ pic.twitter.com/JjxdOBYnWe
Yeah saw that!
A collision between Siraj and Gill. pic.twitter.com/BtAcS4TTno
— RoKo(Rohit &kohli)fav. (@Dk__0024) April 28, 2024
He was at the danger end!
A collision between Siraj and Gill. pic.twitter.com/B65jkyzdFN
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 28, 2024
Yeah!
Big collusion between Shubman n Siraj - Virat is in Ahmedabad and trying to run out GT captain 💥
— Daebak Ankita (@DaebakAnkita) April 28, 2024
Ahd crowd loving this n King Kohli 🥰#GTvsRCB #GTvRCB #RCBvsGT #RCBvGT #ViratKohli #ShubmanGill #Maxwell #IPL2024 pic.twitter.com/kqHCfhCLi6
Shottttt!
1.1 - Siraj to Shubman Gill gone for FOUR! 🔥 #GTvRCB | #GTvsRCB | #RCBvsGT pic.twitter.com/4XULbsS9gz
— 𝐀 𝐃 𝐔 💎 (@cricfootadnan) April 28, 2024
:|
No in-form Sandeep Sharma but out of form siraj in
— SVR__TALKS (@Sai_Vardhan_13) April 28, 2024
Reason - Backing the player.
But no backing for shubman gill pic.twitter.com/koGQuqDfu4