Strange incident at Lucknow Super Giants camp. The Lucknow team has a tradition of awarding the best fielder of each match. But the team’s fielding coach Jonty Rhodes gave that award to the cricketer without a catch against Chennai Super Kings. Why did he make this decision?Ravindra Jadeja picked up Mohsin Khan at long on in 16.3 overs in Chennai’s innings. Did not like the bat-ball.
It seemed that Deepak Hura, standing at long on, would take the catch. But the ball hits his hand and becomes a six. Jonty awarded that Huda the best fielder of the match. The reason behind this decision is Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Lucknow has released the video of the awarding of Jaunty. The team’s fielding coach there said, “The best fielder award is not just for good fielding. The real thing is to win the match. Chennai had Dhoni. He was running at a strike rate of 400. I think Hooda did a very smart thing to leave Jadeja caught. Because, After that catch, Dhoni came down to bat after 8 more balls. Maybe we could have lost. So Hooda is the best fielder of this match.”