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Odisha captain Irfan Pathan imitated New Zealand veteran umpire Billy Bowden’s “crooked finger of doom” out signal on the fence during the match.
Legends League Cricket (LLC 2024) got off to a great start on 20 September, with Konark Suryas Odisha defeating Manipal Tigers in a thrilling and low-scoring match. The match was played at the Barkatullah Khan Stadium in Jodhpur on 20 September. Odisha won the match by 2 runs, but a funny incident was also seen during the match which caught everyone’s attention.
Odisha captain Irfan Pathan imitated legendary New Zealand umpire Billy Bowden’s fence “crooked finger of doom” out signal during the match. The incident happened in the third over of the second innings when Manipal Tigers were chasing 105 runs. Irfan stood beside Bowden and signaled out in his style, which made Bowden laugh.
Irfan Pathan’s funny style of imitating this famous gesture of Boden is going viral on social media. Watch this viral video, in which this funny incident between Irfan and Boden was captured:
The funnier side of @irfanpathan_official!
Watch as Irfan Pathan imitates umpire Billy Bowden’s umpiring style! pic.twitter.com/21qNtKqcU0
— Shubham Srivastava (@Shubham192223) September 21, 2024
Konark Suryas Odisha wins thrillingly by two runs
Manipal Tigers captain Harbhajan Singh won the toss and decided to bowl first. Odisha had a bad start, where their top-3 batsmen got out on single digit scores. After this, Dilshan Munaweera, Ross Taylor and captain Irfan Pathan struggled on the pitch and tried to handle the team. These three together scored 43 runs, but batting on the pitch was proving to be quite difficult.
In the final over, Naveen Stewart and Vinay Kumar hit two boundaries each to help Odisha cross the 100-run mark and post 104/9 in 20 overs. In reply, Manipal Tigers had a poor start as their openers Robin Uthappa and Solomon Mire were dismissed without scoring a single wicket. The team’s score was reduced to 38/6 in the first 13 overs.
However, Daniel Christian and Obas Pinar tried to put the team in a good position with a 49-run partnership, but Irfan Pathan defended 13 runs in the last over to give Odisha a thrilling two-run win.
