Rahul Dravid Dugout sitting in Rajasthan Royals© Bcci/Sportzpics
The Indian Premier League (IPL), champions of the inaugural edition of Rajasthan Royals (RR), find themselves surrounded by controversy over their 2-rol defeat against Lucknow Super Veteran (LSG) in the ongoing season. Chasing the target of 181 runs, Rajasthan was hovering to a point, but LSG’s pacer Avesh Khan pulled the match in favor of his team in the over of death. However, the result has seen the allegations of ‘match-fixing’ against the Royals by Jaideep Bihani, the convenor of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) ad hoc committee.
In a chat with News18 Rajasthan, Bihani, who is also an MLA from Sri Ganganagar, launched a scary attack in the franchise led by Sanju Samson, questioning the validity behind RR’s defeat against LSG in the final over.
Bihani also questioned why there was no control of the ad hoc committee to be appointed by the government on the matters of Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.
“The ad hoc committee has been appointed by the state government in Rajasthan. This has increased for the fifth time. We ensure that all the competitions are without any issue. But then, as soon as the IPL came, the District Council (Zilla Parishad) controlled it. The stadium.
Rajasthan Royals needed nine runs in the final, which was being bowled by Avesh Khan of Lucknow Super Veterans. RR put Dhruv Juraral on strike, while Shimron Hetmyer was at the end of the non-scientist. Evesh produced a yorker-bouling spree to prevent RR batsmen from taking his team home. Avesh only scored 6 runs in the final, so LSG helped the match win by 2 runs.
Bihani has been raising her voice against cricket matters in Rajasthan Royals for some time. Earlier, he had questioned the Sports Council’s decision to keep the ad hoc committee of the State Association away from the IPL affairs of Rajasthan Royals.
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