MUMBAI: How many times have you seen a bowler break the middle stump twice in two balls? Arshadeep Singh's incisive Yorkers, which dislodged the middle sticks of Mumbai Indians' batters Tilak Varma and Nihal Wadehera in the final over at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday night not only helped the Punjab Kings pull off a 13-run win in a high-scoring thriller, but also cost the BCCI a fair bit.
Apparently, a set of LED stump and zing bails cost around Rs 12 lakhs, and Arshdeep destroyed two of those in that deadly over. It was amusing to see the game being halted each time the left-arm seamer broke the timber. The moment even triggered a funny meme from the Punjab Kings twitter handle, which posted a picture of an Arshdeep yorker destroying Varma's middle stump with a caption: "Hey@MumbaiPolice, we'd like to report a crime."
