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LSG’s Digvesh Rathi gave a serious throwback as he brought out the ‘notebook celebration’ as he removed Priyansh Arya within the LSG vs PBKS match.
Digvesh Rathi dismissed Priyansh Arya within the LSG vs PBKS match in IPL 2025. (Image: Sportzpics)
The Lucknow Super Giants’ uncapped star, Digvesh Rathi, showcased one in all the forgotten celebrations during their Indian Premier League 2025 clash against the Punjab Kings in Lucknow on Tuesday.
The leg-break bowler from Delhi was LSG’s only wicket-taker as PBKS went on to register a dominant win by 8 wickets, because of quickfire fifties by Prabhsimran Singh and the captain, Shreyas Iyer, to be certain that they accomplished the chase in quick time.
It was a collective bowling effort from Punjab, be it pacers Arshdeep Singh (3/43 in 4 overs), Lockie Ferguson (/126 in 3 overs), Marco Jansen (1/28 in 4 overs) or spinners Glenn Maxwell (1/22 in 3 overs) and Yuzvendra Chahal (1/36 in 4 overs).
Badoni hit three sixes and a 4 but could never force the momentum in LSG’s favour, and it was Abdul Samad’s (27 off 12 balls) cameo that got them past the 170-run mark.
Rathi got the primary wicket when he dismissed Priyansh Arya, because of a top-edge to Shardul Thakur, who got here in from the mid-on region. After taking the wicket, the spinner showcased a celebration much like the West Indies’ Kesrick Williams’ notebook celebration to send the player off.
Following the celebration, the umpire had a word with the bowler to avoid such gestures.
Williams was famous for the celebration, especially when he got Kohli out throughout the T20I series in 2019. Following that, Kohli destroyed the pacer for many of runs, and the batting icon also whipped out his iteration of the celebration as well in response. He went on to play a complete of 8 ODIs and 36 T20Is, together with his last appearance in international cricket coming within the away series against Recent Zealand in November 2020.
LSG will hope to bounce back to winning ways as they once more play at home, where they tackle the Mumbai Indians. Punjab Kings, then again, may have their first home game of the season, taking up the Rajasthan Royals afterward within the season as well.
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