"Acha hua iska baap mar gaya" RCB fans begin abusing Mohd Siraj as RR unsettles RCB in powerplay
Fans began abusing Siraj on Instagram even before match yielded any result
Bengaluru: RCB fans who were hoping for a good show of batting and bowling by their team in the second qualifier of the IPL 2022 were left heartbroken after the RR’s opening duo of Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal unsettled the RCB bowlers in the powerplay of second innings while chasing 158.
Both Buttler and Jaiswal began well and started hitting the ball to the boundary from the word go and made over 60 runs in the first six overs of their innings effectively taking the game away from RCB.
Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj who conceded the most runs in the powerplay, was soon abused and blamed by the RCB fans on his social media handles even before the match yielded any results.
Fans abused Siraj by commenting on his Instagram posts using filthy language. Some of the fans even dragged the late father of Siraj into their abuses while others abused his mother and other family members. Some of the users also called on Siraj to retire from the cricket after his poor performances.
Siraj has had a rather forgettable outing this season. On Friday during the second qualifier of the season against RR, Siraj had conceded 31 runs in two overs by the end of eighth over of the second innings.
Earlier, RCB had scored 157-8 in their 20 overs with Rajat Patidar scoring 42-ball 58. The winner of the contest between RCB and RR will face Gujarat Titans in the final of the season on May 29 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
