Lucknow Super Giants fielding coach Jonty Rhodes has claimed that the unruly Hyderabad crowd threw nut-bolts at Prerak Mankad. Apparently, during the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants game on May 13, the home team, SRH reviewed for a no-ball. Heinrich Klassen claimed for a waist-height no-ball but the third umpire didn’t rule in his favor. This led to the crowd getting angry.
At the time, it was reported that the fan attacked LSG’s dugout. Not to forget, after the first innings, Klassen expressed his anger during an interaction with the broadcaster. “Disappointed with the crowd. That’s not what you want at the venue. Very disappointed (because) that broke our momentum. Not a great umpiring decision being made there, but it’s part of the game,” Klaasen said.
Meanwhile, hours later, Rhodes went on to claim that the crowd didn’t hit the dugout but uncapped Indian player, Prerak Mankad. This left the fans shocked.
That’s seriously very bad.. they forgot this is indian cricket league and I feel they are not true cricket fans
— Nitin jain(Sachinsuperfan) (@NitinSachinist) May 13, 2023
Must be lowlife people and how unfortunate players had to face this.
Strip hyderabad from hosting world cup games @jayshah @BCCI— ?????? (@StarkAditya_) May 13, 2023
Unpopular opinion: If ticket prices are too low, you will have an unruly crowd.
— r/RCB (@rcb_reddit) May 13, 2023
Csk laga ekkada two yrs bann avuthamo ani bhayam vesthundi ?
— Master (@arunkalyan5) May 13, 2023
What did the umpires do about that incident sir? Is there any action taken by them or by the ground staff on the set of people who were reason for this? This should not at all be encouraged and it sure need to be prevented from happening the next time for any cricketer. People…
— msd_stan (@bdrijalab) May 13, 2023
Really unfortunate
— Dr Khushboo ?? (@khushbookadri) May 13, 2023
This is really bad. Unexpected and unethical behaviour
— msd_stan (@bdrijalab) May 13, 2023
It's not what a gentleman would do. They're just some cringy blokes who we called Chapris here.
— Kartik (@Kartikk9512) May 13, 2023
Some toxic fanbases were crying about Mankad's reaction after taking catch of Klassen
Now we know the whole story— Abhay (@AbhayManiTiwar1) May 13, 2023
This was very unacceptable behaviour from Hyderabad crowd
— NIKHIL (@nikhil_nsu) May 13, 2023
This is horrifying
Those ppls should be banned from entering the stadium— Aditya (@Adityaxyz25) May 13, 2023
I think all of them are most probably Kohli fans, first they started teasing Gambhir with Kohli's chants, then they started throwing nuta bolts, action should be taken against all of them as soon as possible??
— ` Frustrated CSKian (@kurkureter) May 13, 2023
It was the most important game for me: Prerak Mankad
Meanwhile, in the game, the 2016 champions amassed 182/6. In reply, the Blue Brigade, LSG lost the wicket of Kyle Mayers in the fourth over. Mankad batted at number and scored an unbeaten 64 off 45 balls including seven fours and two sixes. He was adjudged the Player of the Match.
“It was the most important game. Score doesn’t matter to me. I wasn’t happy when I reached 50 because I couldn’t connect well. After that I was able to. I was trying to hit against the spinners and couldn’t connect. I have played against Mayank in the domestic circuit and I knew he would try to get me out. So I took my chance. I thank the management for the opportunity. I have played a few innings in the top four. so I know how to play and I just backed my ability. Stoinis gave me some wise advice at the end and it helped me.”
