IPL 2023: Gujarat Titans‘ left arm seamer Yash Dayal would have never thought that he will have his ‘Chetan Sharma moment’ this early in his career. The UP pacer who was smashed for five consecutive sixes by state teammate Rinku Singh while trying to defend 29 runs of the final over. Dayal couldn’t fathom what had happened and was on his haunches being consoled by his teammates. In an interaction with PTI, his father Chandrapal Dayal said that ‘it was a nightmare yesterday’. Dayal’s mother Radha was inconsolable and stopped eating. His father further said that captain Hardik Pandya helped his son. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 LIVE Updates on Insidesport.IN
“These are the moments sport is made up of. Even in life you come across failures, it’s important to stand up stronger,” Chandrapal who himself was a cricketer said.
How skipper Hardik Pandya and teammates helped Yash Dayal
Back in hotel, every team member including skipper Hardik Pandya, who was indisposed as Rashid Khan led in the match against KKR, gave him company.
“They made him sit in the centre and consoled him. Later, there was naach-gaana (dance, music) they spent some light moments with him,” his father said.
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Advice from father and coach
Late in the night, Dayal senior called up his son and had a chat with him.
“He told me that somehow the ball was slipping out and he was not having a proper grip on the night as he missed his yorkers. Even he tried a slower one from the back of his hand that too was smashed,” Chandrapal said.
“As a cricketer, he’s God’s gifted. I never had to tell him do this, do that. I just made him mentally stronger,” he said.
Coach Amit Pal, who knows his ward since a child, said Yash would come back strongly.
“It was not his day. He bowls yorker so well and but could not get one last night. Maybe he was done in by pressure. Maybe it was because at the other end, there was Rinku who knows him well since their junior camp days,” the coach reckoned.
