Chennai Super Kings player Maheesh Theekshana has been accused of throwing himself during the ongoing match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Playing just his fifth game of the ongoing IPL 2024, Maheesh Theekshana made a huge impact with the ball. While he failed to pick any wickets in the game, he conceded only 25 runs in his four overs. After RCB reached 31 after just 3 overs, he put up a brilliant 4th over, conceding just four runs.
He also bowled the last over of the powerplay and did a brilliant job again by allowing just 5 runs. He conceded 10 runs in the third over but bounced back in style by conceding just six runs in his last over. But more than his performance, the Sri Lankan star is grabbing attention for his bowling action against RCB.
The right arm spinner came up with a different bowling action to outsmart the batsmen. Fans have compared his new action with the bowling action of Kolkata Knight Riders star Sunil Narine, who had to change his bowling action after being informed by the umpires.
In fact, Maheesh Theekshana was seen changing his release point before delivering the ball on several occasions. And though RCB umpires or batsmen did not complain about the action, fans were quick to hit the spinner for the same. Several fans took to X (formerly Twitter) to accuse the spinner of bowling.
Here’s a clip of Maheesh Theekshana’s bowling action against RCB:
Everyone rightly questions Narine but what is this???pic.twitter.com/peb5JLhIMb https://t.co/kwIE4zxwAc
– Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha) May 18, 2024
These are some of the fan reactions:
Theekshana shamelessly straightens him before releasing him. This fanbase accuses others of pulling a pic.twitter.com/VSxnK0d9RF
– Akif (@keepurcoolakif) May 18, 2024
Is it just me or is Theekshana laughing shamelessly?
-Jay. (@peak_Ability14) May 18, 2024
Ok, I thought I was the only one who felt that way during the innings. It seems like everyone else had the same thing in mind. https://t.co/a6ZBOBwKGs
– V (@veyire) May 18, 2024
Cricket needs technology where the pitch is monitored live as it happens…because now if you put this person under some machine he will bowl correctly…bring that technical penalty right there https://t. co/Jq1bXBl4BU
– ks Amruth (@amruth_ks) May 18, 2024
RCB posts grand total:
Talking about the game, RCB posted a grand total of 218 for 5 in the allotted 20 overs after being asked to bat first. Captain Faf du Plessis was his team’s top scorer, scoring 54 runs off 39 balls with the help of three fours and as many sixes. The in-form Virat Kohli also played a crucial knock of 47 before the likes of Rajat Patidar (41) and Cameron Green (38*) made useful contributions.