The legendary kiwi batsman who retired from international cricket a couple of years ago has launched his Autobiography named ‘Black and White where Ross Taylor spoke about how he was slapped by a Rajasthan Royals owner in IPL with people specualting it to be Raj Kundra
In that book, he wrote about a shocking incident in the 2011 IPL when he was playing for Rajasthan Royals. Ross Taylor said Rajasthan Royals owner slapped me after getting out on Duck. This incident took place in the game against Kings XI Punjab when Ross bagged a ball duck.
Ross Taylor Reveals A Rajasthan Royals Owner Slapped Him After He Scored Duck In IPL vs Punjab, Twitter Believes Name To Be Raj Kundra
Ross Taylor said Rajasthan Royals owner slapped me after getting out on Duck against KXIP in 2011
I just want to clarify one thing that Ross Taylor has talked about 2011's owner and everyone knows that time Mrs. Shilpa Shetty Kundra n her husband Mr. Raj Kundra used to be owners of Rajasthan Royals
So I request all kids to not spread hate against Rajasthan Royals
— Rockstar MK 🇮🇳 (@RockstarMK11) August 13, 2022
Raj kundra to Ross Taylor (whenever Ross Taylor scored duck) pic.twitter.com/QpQ0o7n7z7
— Registanroyals (@registanroyals) August 13, 2022
Former New Zealand batter Ross Taylor claims he was "slapped" by one of the owners of the Rajasthan Royals franchise during the 2011 season of the IPL
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) August 14, 2022
RR owner when Ross Taylor got out on 0 pic.twitter.com/kEOjw28wzN
— Savage (@arcomedys) August 13, 2022
Veteran New Zealand is regarded as one of the best middle-order batsmen in the game. He has played 8 seasons in IPL in which he has played 3 seasons for Royal Challengers and 2 for Delhi and 1 each for KXIP, RR, and Pune Warriors India.
Ross Taylor in his latest autobiography revealed that one of the RR owners slapped 3-4 times after the match. After a one-sided defeat against KXIP, the team was inside the hotel pub where the owner of the team was also sitting. They were drunken and they slapped Ross 3-4 times while smiling and said “Ross we didn’t pay you Million dollars to get a duck”. Although the slaps were not hard Ross didn’t like the behavior of the owner as he is a professional cricketer who seeks professionalism in return.
Ross Bagged a 5 ball duck in the chase of 195 runs
Punjab put on a mammoth score of 195 runs in front of an average batting lineup of RR. Ross came on to bat after Shane Watson got out and the score was 3-47. Taylor struggled a lot in the first 4 deliveries and in the end, Piyush Chawla got him LBW in front of the wicket. Rajasthan Lost the game with 48 runs.
Who owned Rajasthan Royals in 2011
The RR team were having joint shares in 2011 and the Majority of the shares were in the hands of Kuki Investments Pvt ltd. Famous Bollywood Actresses husband Raj Kundra used to lead the Kuki Investment and RR. Raj Kundra was banned for life after a match-fixing incident in 2015 when RR and CSK were banned for 2 years in IPL.
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