Rahul Tiwari
khelja|02-12-2024
Some run far, some shout in front of the batsman, some make aggressive gestures and some just clap. Every bowler wants to take a wicket and celebrates it in his own style after that wicket. After celebrating, every bowler hopes to take a wicket again on the next ball with more enthusiasm but the young bowler of Nepal could not get this opportunity. In the Under-19 Asia Cup, Nepal bowler Yuvraj Khatri got so engrossed in the celebration of taking a wicket that as soon as he lost his caution, an accident occurred and he had to be taken off the field.
In the fifth match of this tournament being played in Dubai, Under-19 teams of Bangladesh and Nepal clashed. Batting first in this match, Nepal scored only 141 runs. From his side, opener Akash Tripathi had scored the maximum 43 runs. Bangladesh achieved this target in just 29 overs and won the match by 5 wickets. Of the 5 wickets that fell in Bangladesh's innings, spinner Yuvraj Khatri took 4 wickets but one of these wickets cost him heavily.
This 17-year-old leg spinner took two wickets in two consecutive balls in the 28th over of the innings and celebrated it in a special way. First he bowled Farid Hasan and took off his shoe and put it near his ear as if talking on the phone. Then on the very next ball, he gave out LBW to the new batsman Rizan Hosan and ran a long run with full enthusiasm. Then he started celebrating with his friends and in this excitement his left leg got badly twisted near the ankle.
A twist of fate
When luck smiles and frowns at the same time
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Here Yuvraj started groaning in pain and sat on the field. In such a situation, the team physio immediately came to the field and examined him. When the situation did not look good, a fellow player was called, who carried Yuvraj on his shoulder and took him off the field. Now, no information has been given by the Nepal team regarding the condition of Yuvraj at present. Nepal's next match is against Afghanistan on Tuesday 3 December.