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Ross Taylor was “slapped” by a owner of Rajasthan Royals franchise during the 2011 season of IPL. How much truth is there in this matter, only the franchise and Ross will know.
Former New Zealand cricketer Ross Taylor has also been slapped.
Highlights
- Ross Taylor revealed in his autobiography.
- The owner of Rajasthan Royals slapped him.
- But Taylor did not make it a big issue.
New Delhi. The Indian Premier League has seen a slap scandal many times. This has also happened once with former New Zealand cricketer Ross Taylor. He claimed this in one of his books. During the 2011 season of IPL, he was “slapped” by a owner of Rajasthan Royals franchise. How much truth is there in this matter, only the franchise and Ross will know.
Ross Taylor wrote in his autobiography Black and White that, “When he was playing for Rajasthan Royals, one of the Royals owners harassed him in the hotel bar after being dismissed for zero in the match against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali.” The owners told him that Ross, we have not given you one million dollars to get out of zero and then slapped his face three to four times.
After ceasefire violation, Virender Sehwag, who was raised, told Pakistan, said- Dum ever….
However, the slap was not strong and the owners were laughing. Given the circumstances, I did not think it right to make it a big issue. ” Let us know that 40-year-old Taylor played for Royal Challengers Bangalore from 2008 to 2010 and was with RR in 2011.
For New Zealand, Ross Taylor has scored 17,838 runs in 438 matches so far than 40 centuries. Taylor has scored 7683 runs in 112 Tests thanks to 19 centuries, 8607 with 21 centuries in 236 ODIs and 1909 runs in 102 T20 matches. His highest score in Test cricket is 290 and 181 in ODI cricket. Taylor is undoubtedly considered one of the best batsmen in New Zealand.
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