Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) spinner Digvesh Rathi was seen brutally abusing his fellow teammate Ravi Bishnoi during the 70th game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
LSG are playing their 14th and final match of the ongoing season against the Jitesh Sharma-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday, May 27.
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Digvesh Rathi loses cool after Ravi Bishnoi’s blunder
Rathi is playing his first-ever season in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and he has already become the talk of the town. However, he has made the headlines not because of his performances but because of his antics on the field.
Digvesh Rathi, who has a bowling action like Sunil Narine and hairs like the vintage MS Dhoni, has been doing the notebook celebration after picking up the wickets.
His celebrations have not gone down well with the Indian Premier League (IPL) governing council, and the spinner was fined two consecutive times.
He then tweaked his celebration and started doing it on the ground to escape fines. But Dinesh Rathi went wild in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad after dismissing Abhishek Sharma and gave a brutal send-off to him with a notebook.
This didn’t sit well with the batter, and the duo were engaged in an ugly spat on the field. LSG players and umpires had to intervene to separate the players, and after that game, Digvesh Rathi was handed a one-match ban.
The crackdown from the IPL governing council seems not to have affected Digvesh Rathi a bit, as he is hell-bent on not changing his behavior.
In the LSG vs RCB clash, the leg-spinner crossed all the lines when he was seen brutally abusing and bashing his teammate Ravi Bishnoi for a simple mistake.
The incident happened on the fifth ball of the 3rd over when Phil Salt hit a length outside off-stump delivery towards the deep mid-wicket. Ravi Bishnoi, who was stationed there, fumbled, and it allowed Phil Salt to complete a double.
Digvesh Rathi was absolutely furious at Ravi Bishnoi after Salt got one extra run, and he gave his teammate a mouthful, including a couple of expletives. He was clearly heard yelling “Maa ki ***** teri” while looking at Ravi Bishnoi.
Watch: Digvesh Rathi abuses Ravi Bishnoi
— crictalk (@crictalk7) May 27, 2025
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