Australia’s all-rounder Ashton Turner took 12 days to open his Indian Premier League (IPL 2019) account for its franchise Rajasthan Royals (RR) on April 27 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium against Kane Williamson-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). It has to be a rare unwanted record which a player could bag while having a lean patch.
The right-handed batsman Turner played his first-ever IPL match against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) on 16th of April at the PCA Stadium in Mohali.
He then bagged two more ducks against Mumbai Indians (MI) on April 20 and Delhi Capitals (DC) on April 22 respectively. Interestingly, owing to a first-ball duck, he bagged two only at his home ground in the Pink City – Jaipur.
So far, the 26-year-old Turner has scored just three runs off ten balls.
When the Western Australian batter opener his account it almost gave him a scare when a fuller length delivery almost
The hilarious scenes broke out soon after Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled the first ball of 18th over. While flicking the ball into the vacant leg-side region. By the time, Turner had a broad smile on his face while scampering for a single. Also, Bhuvneshwar gave him a smile who knows what Turner would have been gone through during a fortnight.
Well, in the dug-out the Royals’ players applauded Turner for opening the IPL account.
Turner came to bat when Royals required 13 to win against the SRH.
The big-hitter Turner, who had a nightmare during the ongoing IPL remained not out on three off seven balls alongside Sanju Samson 48 (32). The hosts chased the target of 161 in 19.1 overs with seven wickets in hand.
So far in this twelfth edition of the IPL, Turner was dismissed by Murugan Ashwin when David Miller completed a skier before Jasprit Bumrah trapped him in front of the wickets. Against Delhi, he got totally deceived on the bowling off Ishant Sharma when a slower one saw him giving a regulation catch inside the 30-yard circle to Sherfane Rutherford, who did Shikhar Dhawan‘s trademark Kabaddi-style celebration.
Here’s the video of Ashton Turner, it will leave you in splits:
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With the recent win, Royals moved to the sixth position on the IPL points table. They’ve won five wins in 12 matches.