Watch: LSG’s Naveen-ul-Haq celebrates in KL Rahul’s style in Eliminator vs Mumbai Indians
Lucknow Super Giants pacer Naveen-ul-Haq brought out a familiar celebration in the Indian Premier League Eliminator match against the Mumbai Indians.
The act which is akin to injured Lucknow skipper KL Rahul’s century celebration where the player covers his ears with a finger each, was unleashed first Naveen after he dismissed Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma. He would then turn back and adjust his collar.
Naveen would ultimately end up taking 4 wickets tilting the match in his franchise’s favour as Mumbai finished at 182/8 after 20 overs.
“I think it’s a good enough total, we were expecting it to grip and spin, but it was coming on to the bat nicely. You can play on the up (on this pitch), it’s a better wicket than the CSK – GT game. I think they (Green and Surya) had a good partnership, and we needed a breakthrough at that point. They (LSG) were expecting those two wickets from me, and I delivered at the right time,” the Afghanan bowler said in the mid-innings break.
Afghan breakthrough!
Naveen gets the big wicket of Rohit Sharma in the #TATAIPL #Eliminator 👏#LSGvMI #IPLonJioCinema #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/vFl43ZPSuW
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) May 24, 2023
Naveen, who has been under spotlight since his angry exchanges with Virat Kohli during a league game against RCB, was constantly booed the Chepauk crowd but he did well enough to dismiss MI skipper Rohit (11 off 10 balls), batting mainstay Suryakumar Yadav (33 off 20 balls), last match’s hero Cameron Green (41 off 23 balls) and the ever dangerous Tilak Verma (26 off 22 balls).
Naveen getting Surya and Green in one over could well prove to be decisive as MI were at least 15 short of par-score. MI also needed to replace Surya with Impact Player Nehal Wadhera, whose 23 off 12 balls took them past 180-run mark.
