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By: Sports Desk |

Updated: November 3, 2020 11:38:34 pm


In a nasty incident, Dhawal Kulkarni was at the receiving finish of an influence throw that hit his helmet whereas he was about to full the second run for Mumbai Indians in an IPL conflict in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday.

During the final ball of the first innings in Sharjah, Jason Holder bowled a yorker and Kulkarni squeezed it away to long-on for a few runs. A throw by the fielder from the deep hit Kulkarni on the helmet as he was ending the second run.

Even although his protecting gear was shattered, Kulkarni was not injured as Mumbai Indians ended with 149/8.

This will not be the first such incident in the ongoing match in UAE. In one other match, SRH batsman Vijay Shankar was knocked down after being hit in the helmet by a full-blooded throw from Kings XI Punjab fielder Nicholas Pooran.

Sachin Tendulkar has requested the governing International Cricket Council (ICC) to make it obligatory for all batsmen to put on helmets regardless of whether or not going through a pacer or a spinner.

“The game has become faster but is it getting safer?” Tendulkar stated on Tuesday, reacting to the video of the incident on Twitter. “Recently we witnessed an incident which could’ve been nasty. Be it a spinner or pacer, wearing a HELMET should be MANDATORY for batsmen at professional levels. Request @ICC to take this up on priority,” Tendulkar added, tagging all the cricket boards.

Former Australia batsman Phil Hughes died in 2014, two days after being hit in the neck by a bouncer throughout a Sheffield Shield recreation in Sydney.

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