IPL 2019: Shane Watson in heated war of words with Ishant and Rabada
Indian Premier League 2019: Shane Watson was seen riling up Delhi Capitals' pacers Ishant Sharma and Kagiso Rabada during Chennai Super Kings' win at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Monday.
In Short
- Shane Watson was seen having animated exchanges with Ishant Sharma and Kagiso Rabada
- Watson smacked 44 off 26 deliveries against Delhi Capitals at the Feroz Shah Kotla
- Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Capitals by six wickets to go top of the IPL 2019 table
Shane Watson loves getting fired up and the same was at display once again during Chennai Super Kings' Indian Premier League 2019 match against the Delhi Capitals at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi on Tuesday. Watson was having a heated chat with two of DC's pacers Ishant Sharma and Kagiso Rabada early in his innings.
Watson smashed a brilliant 44 off 26 deliveries to set the base for CSK in their six-wicket win over the DC as the defending champions went on top of the table after two matches of IPL 2019.
While Watson's innings were a delightful watch, it did not come without some heat between him and the Capitals' pacers. After Ishant picked up the wicket of Ambati Rayudu (5) in the third over, Ishant was seen pointing out at Watson extremely angrily and celebrating animatedly.
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Even after that Ishant and Watson had a little duel where Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer stepped in and pulled Ishant away. All this while, as Ishant was seen getting angry, Watson laughed at the Delhi pacer.
Ishant was not the only one, however, who took up a little heat with Watson. Even Kagiso Rabada and Shane Watson had a bit of an exchange that even led to Rabada sarcastically clapping at Watson.
In the 4th over of the innings, Rabada had bowled four straight cracking deliveries to shake up Watson. The Australian however smacked Rabada for a four and a six in the last two deliveries in reply.
When Rabada came on to bowl next, Watson took a single off the first delivery and with Rabada standing in the centre, Watson also ran to the other end through the centre of the pitch.
That make Rabada point at Watson suggesting he ran straight at the bowler and he even clapped at Watson as the Chennai opener just indicated that he was simply running.
In the end, Watson did a good enough job for Chennai and while the Delhi bowlers tried hard, the match was always in CSK's court after Watson-Suresh Raina partnership and MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav and Dwayne Bravo safely took CSK over the line.