The Kolkata Knight Riders batsman Robin Uthappa, today, raised eyebrows when he elbowed bowler Siddharth Kaul, whom he hit a boundary on the last ball of the latter’s first over.
It was the third over of KKR’s innings when Kaul came into bowl. He had a dream first over as he grabbed the wicket of Gautam Gambhir on the third delivery but the bowler was hit by a four on the last ball, after which Uthappa, who was crossing the bowler elbowed him.
Kaul was surprised by this act from Uthappa but it was intelligent on his part, not to react on this as if would have said anything back, then it would have aggravated the matter. Kaul was a calm commodity out there and did not react to Uthappa’s tease.
Here s the video of the incident –
https://twitter.com/IPLWaleBabu/status/858729732023746561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cricketchamber.in%2Fvideo-uthappa-hits-kaul-shoulder-crossing%2F
https://twitter.com/cricketfreak19/status/858724919454171136
Robin Uthappa that shoulder bump on Siddharth Kaul was avoidable…! We know you didn't WALK last time we played you in Kolkata. #FairPlay
— Venkat Parthasarathy (@Venkrek) April 30, 2017
UTHAPPA is a FAT BULLY. That knock on KAUL should not be tolerated. He should be given a RED CARD! And made to apologise
— Jigna Patel (@Jignakiran) April 30, 2017
After few minutes, Yuvraj Singh, Kaul’s teammate in Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab state team had a talk with Robin Uthappa when the players were heading back to the dressing room after rain interrupted the play.
This was not the first time when Uthappa was involved in a controversy during IPL as in the year 2015, there was news that Uthappa was involved in an altercation with RCB batsman Sarfaraz Khan. However, the news was officially quashed by match referee Javgal Srinath.