Bowling the final over of the Chepauk Super Gillies, Tanwar gave aways just eight runs off the first five balls before the mayhem started. He nailed down a perfect yorker in the final delivery to clean the off-stump and celebrate with his teammates before the umpire adjudged the delivery a no ball.
A low full toss to Sanjay Yadav followed as the batter sent the ball flying over the mid-wicket for a six. But to the surprise of everyone the delivery was declared a no ball once again.
In his third attempt to finish the final ball of the innings, the right-arm fast bowler bowled another very good yorker which was pushed towards long-on by the southpaw for a double. The umpire spread his right hand for the third time in a row to signal another no ball.
The hat-trick of no balls was broken by a wide ball before bowling a legal delivery which went flying over the deep mid-wicket for a flat six.
The most expensive delivery ever? 1 Ball 18 runs#TNPLonFanCode pic.twitter.com/U95WNslHav
— FanCode (@FanCode) June 13, 2023
The 26-run over helped Chepauk Super Gillies finish at 217/5. The total helped them win the match by 52 runs later. However, 18 runs off one delivery remained the talking point of the match. A few baffled fans have demanded for an investigation and demanded Abhishek Tanwar’s accounts be checked.
Abhishek Tanwar should be investigated and also check his bank account pls #CricketTwitter #TNPL2023
— InPlayCric (@InplayCricc) June 13, 2023
W*F is going on in TNPL
Two clean bowled on Two Pin Point Yorkers but he overstepped on both occasions
Abhishek tanwar clearly struggling with his front foot
He took ages for the final over to bowl
11 balls over#TNPL2023— ANIL BABA (@ANILBABA1997) June 13, 2023
Abhishek Tanwar bowled two batters in the final over, both turned out to be no-balls. Even the final ball turned out to be a no-ball. He measured his run-up again and still bowled another no-ball. Frantic stuff in #TNPL2023.
— Omkar Mankame (@Oam_16) June 13, 2023
Abhishek Tanwar 4 no balls in the last over. Extremely fishy. Dei. #TNPL
— Arun Pandiyan (@ArunPandiyanMJ) June 13, 2023
Abhishek Tanwar’s final ball in this match
Nb, 6 Nb, 2 Nb, Wd, 6.
That’s just the final ball, not the over. #TNPL2023
— Omkar Mankame (@Oam_16) June 13, 2023
