Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan playfully trolled Ambati Rayudu whereas doing Hindi commentary through the recreation between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Dhawan and Rayudu had performed collectively since their U-19 days. Whereas reminiscing about these occasions, Dhawan blamed Rayudu for India’s loss towards Pakistan within the 2004 U-19 World Cup held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
“Ambati Rayudu was a giant identify in U-19 cricket. He was our captain within the U-19 World Cup, and he received banned there as nicely forward of the semifinal, which value us the match,” Dhawan mentioned.
In Rayudu’s absence, Dinesh Karthik led India within the semifinal, and so they misplaced to Pakistan by 5 wickets.
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Batting first, India U-19 posted 169 runs. Robin Uthappa top-scored with 33 runs, whereas Dhawan solely managed eight runs.
In reply, Pakistan U-19 chased down the overall in 44.5 overs. Pakistan was struggling at 83 for five at one stage, however Tariq Mahmood (45 not out) and Fawad Alam (43 not out) put collectively an unbeaten 88-run partnership for the sixth wicket.
Pakistan went on to win the U-19 World Cup, defeating West Indies within the ultimate.
Why was Ambati Rayudu banned?
Ambati Rayudu, who was the captain of India U-19, missed the semifinal after being banned for one match for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct. Rayudu was reported by umpires Brian Jerling and Billy Doctrove underneath provision C2 of the ICC Code of Conduct at Degree 2 for conduct that introduced the sport into disrepute.
The cost associated to extreme time-wasting within the opening overs of the second innings throughout India’s ultimate group match towards Sri Lanka on February twenty sixth. India bowled solely eight overs within the first 50 minutes of the Sri Lanka innings.
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