2024-08-27 12:10:24
New Delhi: New York Strikers defeated Grand Cayman Jaguars by 8 runs in the first qualifier match. With this, they have now reached the final of the Max60 Cayman Island League. However, during this match, West Indies’ Carlos Braithwaite was a part of New York Strikers. He was in the news the most in this match. Braithwaite is known for hitting long sixes. But during the match, he did not hit the ball but his own helmet out of the boundary. Yes, you heard it right. Braithwaite hit the helmet out of the boundary with his bat. What was the reason behind this, let us tell you.
Carlos Braithwaite gets angry after being given out wrongly
Actually, the 9th over of the New York Strikers innings was being bowled by Ireland’s fast bowler Joshua Little for Grand Cayman Jaguars. Carlos Braithwaite was on strike on the third ball of his over. Little bowled a short ball to Braithwaite, which Braithwaite could not connect and the ball hit his shoulder and went to the wicketkeeper behind. But on the appeal of the other team, the umpire declared him out. However, when the replay was seen, it was clearly visible that the ball did not hit Braithwaite’s bat but his shoulder.
After being given out wrongly, Braithwaite got very angry. When he was going out of the field after getting out, he took off his helmet, threw it in the air and hit it hard with his bat. Braithwaite’s helmet fell outside the boundary. The video of this entire incident is becoming increasingly viral on social media. Let us tell you that Braithwaite was out after scoring 7 runs in 5 balls.
Apart from this, if we talk about the match, Jaguars won the toss and decided to bowl first. New York batted first and scored 104 runs for 8 wickets in 10 overs. In response, Grand Cayman could only score 96 runs for 5 wickets in the stipulated 10 overs and lost the match by 8 runs.