Gujarat Titans fast bowler Yash Dayal was hit for 5 straight sixes off 5 balls in the Kolkata vs Gujarat match on 9 April. KKR needed 28 runs in the last 5 balls to win and here Rinku Singh hit Yash Dayal for six straight sixes. Yash Dayal has been out for Gujarat’s game-11 since this match. When Captain Hardik Pandya was asked the reason for this, he made a startling revelation.
In a conversation with Star Sports, Hardik said that he cannot say anything about Yash’s return. He is sick today. His weight has been reduced between seven and eight kilos. He was in the grip of the viral fever. His condition is not such that he can enter the field. I think there is still a long time left for his return.
Prior to Hardik’s statement, Yash was believed to have been held out of Gujarat’s game-11 due to his inability to handle the pressure situation. His performance this season was not good either. He appeared in all three matches of IPL 2023 but failed to get a single wicket. So the way he was beaten in the last over of the match against KKR would probably be the worst moment of his career.
This 25-year-old young bowler proved to be an important player for the Gujarat Titans last season. Yash took 11 wickets in 9 matches in IPL 2022. Though the economy rate of him was also high in the last season. He had looted over 9 runs per over.