Rahul Tiwari
khelja|14-12-2024
During the Asia Cup match between Pakistan and Bangladesh in Lahore, the floodlights of the stadium suddenly stopped working. After this there was a lot of trolling of PCB. A similar scene was seen during the Adelaide Test between India and Australia. During Team India's bowling, the lights of the entire stadium went off twice in a single over. The person behind this was none other than Australia's legendary spinner Nathan Lyon. He himself revealed this during the GABA test. Also explained the reason behind it.
In the Adelaide Test, the incident of light failure happened twice in the same over. At that time it was not known why this had happened. Now on the first day of Gaba Test, Nathan Lyon has revealed this secret. He was sitting in the commentary box for some time. During this, he told that he was going to come as nightwatchman when that wicket fell. So he went to the net to warm up but it was dark there. Then Lion asked the security person to switch on the lights there. On this he pressed the wrong button and the lights of the entire stadium went out. After this he had to sit in the dark for 15 minutes.
Confirmed: Nathan Lyon wanting to have a bat in the nets led to the lights going out at Adelaide Oval
Here's his side of the story
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The players of the Indian team were not happy with the lights going off in the stadium. He put pressure on Australia by bowling well consistently. Therefore he did not want to lose the momentum. When the incident of floodlights being switched off, Harshit Rana, who was bowling at that time, looked very angry with it. During this time, the fans present in the stadium had also switched on the flashlights of their mobiles.
Due to rain on the first day of the Gabba Test, only 13.2 overs could be played in the first session. During this, the Australian team scored 28 runs without any loss. Usman Khawaja is present at the crease after scoring 19 runs in 47 balls and Nathan McSweeney has scored 4 runs in 33 balls. Now the second day's play will start half an hour earlier and 98 overs will be bowled.