"Unwanted Record"! Arshdeep Singh, 1st India bowler to bowl hat-trick of no-balls in T20I; Netizens get ready with memes

New Delhi, Jan 6: It was a nightmare for bowler Arshdeep Singh who returned to the playing eleven after a spell on the sidelines with an injury.

 

In the second match of the ongoing three-game T20I series against Sri Lanka at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, Arshdeep Singh overstepped three times in a row in the second over of the innings, becoming the first Indian bowler to bowl a hat-trick of no-balls in T20Is.

 

The speedster created the record for bowling the most number of no-balls in a T20I match by an Indian bowler. He took his tally of no-balls in T20I cricket to 14.

 

By bowling 5 no-balls he has now become 2nd bowler from a full member nation of ICC, after Hamish Rutherford, to bowl 5 no-balls in a T20I. Things got worse, Sri Lankan opener Kusal Mendis took advantage of the free hits, hitting a four and a six.

 

Arshdeep bowled only 2 overs, conceding 37 runs as Sri Lanka fought back to put 206 on the board in the first innings. Speaking about this disaster, India skipper Hardik Pandya, after suffering a 16-run loss against Sri Lanka, said they know that bowling no-ball in any format is a crime and it is not about blaming Arshdeep Singh.

 

Axar Patel's blistering 65 of 31 balls and Suryakumar Yadav's 51 of 36 balls went in vain as India lost to Sri Lanka by 16 runs in a high-scoring match. "For Arshdeep, in this situation, it is very difficult. It is not about blaming him or to be too hard on him, but we know no-balls in any format is a crime," Hardik Pandya said in a post-match presentation.

 

With this, netizens got another chance to troll someone. And this time, it was Arshdeep Singh