The recently-concluded IPL 2023 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Lucknow Super Giants has ended with a lot of controversies. The match came to a halt at moment when the crowd in Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium of Hyderabad started throwing nuts and bolts to the dugout of the Lucknow Super Giants.
Other than this, another controversy also erupted during the time when the game was stopped due to the unrest near the LSG dugout. The moment got very controversial when the LSG coach Andy Flower showed a middle finger to the umpire amid this crowd chaos during the match.
Subsequently, a section of the cricket fans took it as an opportunity to troll Flower and the entire LSG camp for being unprofessional in the game which is usually termed as ‘the gentlemen’s game’. They immediately took to Twitter and called out the LSG coach and their entire camp for misbehaving with the designated match officials on the ground.
Here’s how fans reacted:
— Sanket (@SanketS64861430) May 13, 2023
😭😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/5DBaLgZEx1
— Sanket (@SanketS64861430) May 13, 2023
Deduct 10 points in Fairplay for showing umpire middle finger
— VK18 🐐 (@ParamSh10733348) May 13, 2023
Ye kya ho rha bc 🤭😂 pic.twitter.com/RsljMTJNFj
— 👑🔱~꧁J̳D̳⚕️Yadav꧂~🦋•🇮🇳 (@PawanKu46242209) May 13, 2023
Where is spirit of cricket committee/gang now.🤬🤬🤬🤬
— cricket^F R E A K (@Yashpawar_99) May 13, 2023
Aarey bhai hua kya tha??
— ♡̷̷̷ˎ. (@myselfriiiix) May 13, 2023
fine that clown club
— HelloWorld (@ShivamK83596389) May 13, 2023
LSG in fair play table 📉📉
— Twisten♡ (@twistenxd) May 13, 2023
Punish the team https://t.co/Gtsjkx71vB
— RCB (@dreamernoj) May 13, 2023
Talking about cricket, the hosts batted first after winning the toss and posted a total of 182 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klassen contributed with an important knock and scored 47 runs off just 29 balls with three boundaries and three sixes with the wood. Other than him, Abdul Samad also scored 37 runs with a boundary and four sixes on his credit.
Later on, while chasing the target, the Lucknow Super Giants comfortably chased down the target of 183 runs by scoring 185 runs for the loss of three wickets in 19.2 overs to win the match by seven wickets. Prerak Mankad played an amazing knock of 64 runs with seven boundaries and two sixes to his name.
Other than him, Nicholas Pooran also played a blistering unbeaten knock of 44 runs off just 13 balls with three boundaries and four sixes alongside Marcus Stoinis’ 40 runs off 25 balls with two fours and three sixes.