WATCH: “Absolute shame!”- N Jagadeesan flashes ‘middle finger” after “Mankad” dismissal in TNPL 2022

WATCH: “Absolute shame!”- N Jagadeesan flashes ‘middle finger” after “Mankad” dismissal in TNPL 2022

Baba Aparajith and N Jagadeesan

Tamil Nadu Premier League has started with a fiery clash between the Chepauk Super Gillies and Nellai Royal Kings on Thursday, June 23. In the first match itself, fans saw something “disgusting”. A “mankad” dismissal of N Jagadeesan made the batsman show his middle-finger to the bowler Baba Aparajith.

Aparajith was well within his rights to dismiss Jagadeeshan because mankading is a legitimate dismissal. The bowler even gave Jagadeesan an indirect warning once. The two players engaged in a heated verbal exchange and Jagadeesan flashed his middle-finger multiple times before walking back to the dug-out.

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Jagadeesan has represented Tamil Nadu in 26 first-class, 36 List A, and 45 T20 matches and it is likely that action will be taken against him for that obscene gesture. Notably, Jagadeesan is also part of the IPL’s four-time champion franchise Chennai Super Kings since 2018 and played two matches in the recently-concluded edition of the tournament.

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NRK wins the opening game of TNPL

Talking about the first opening TNPL game between NRK and CSG, fans witnessed a thrilling match which had went right down to a Super Over. NRK batted first and faced a troubled situation when at one stage, they were down to 27/3. But L Suryaprakash and Sanjay Yadav steadied the innings. Sanjay Yadav played an incredible innings of 87* off just 47 balls. His brilliant innings took his team to 184/4 in their 20 overs.

CSG responded with skipper Kaushik Gandhi standing firmly at one end while wickets started falling in quick succession at the other end. Harish Kumar played a cameo knock to take the team to a thrilling super over.

N Jagadeesan found another chance to hit a six but his team scored just nine runs. NRK easily scored and and registered their first point of the season.

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