Akash Singh's Digvesh Rathi-Inspired Celebration After Taking Wicket Goes Viral
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The incident took place during the third ball of the 10th over of GT's innings of the ongoing match against LSG at Narendra Modi Stadium.
Lucknow Super Giants fast bowler Akash Maharaj Singh breached Jos Buttler's defence and shattered his stumps on Thursday (May 22) during the IPL 2025 match played between LSG and GT at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. After dismissing Buttler in the 236-run chase, Akash came up with a notebook celebration which was inspired by his LSG teammate Digvesh Singh Rathi.
The incident took place during the 10th over of GT's innings. On the third ball, Akash stunned Buttler and Ahmedabad with a brilliant slower ball.
The former England white-ball captain returned back to the pavilion after scoring 33 runs from 18 balls. During his stay at the crease, he hammered three fours and two sixes.
In the ongoing season of the IPL, Rathi has made headlines for his notebook celebration despite the IPL governing council penalising him on multiple occasions. For his viral celebration, which initiated a heated verbal fight between him and Abhishek Sharma in LSG's last match, Rathi was handed a one-match suspension. But in his absence, his teammate Akash does the notebook celebration, and the clip of his act is now going viral on the internet.
He bowled 3.1 overs against Gujarat Titans and finished with figures of 1 for 29 runs.
Earlier in the first half of the match, Australia's T20I captain Mitchell Marsh scored 117 runs from 64 balls, and Nicholas Pooran remained unbeaten on 56 runs from 27 balls. The duo added 121 runs for the second wicket after Shubman Gill invited LSG to bat first. During his stay at the crease, Marsh hammered 10 fours and 8 sixes, whereas Pooran smacked four fours and five sixes.
The super show with the bat also helped Marsh and Pooran complete 500 runs in the ongoing season for LSG.
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May 22, 2025, 23:01 IST
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