IPL team owner slapped the great New Zealand batsman, he was punished for being out on 0.
New Delhi: Lucknow Supergiants owner Sanjeev Goenka has not only reprimanded captain KL Rahul after his poor performance, a veteran foreigner was even slapped. Yes! Don’t be surprised, this is true. This incident happened with the great New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor in IPL 2011. This has been revealed by Ross Taylor himself in his autobiography, Ross Taylor: Black and White. He was manhandled after the defeat against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali, although Ross Taylor did not name the owner who manhandled him.
four slaps one after the other
Taylor has written in his book, ‘195 runs were to be chased, I was out LBW on zero and we could not get close. Later the team, support staff and management were at the bar on the top floor of the hotel. Liz Hurley was there with Shane Warne. During this time one of the owners of Rajasthan Royals said to me, ‘Ross we have not paid you a million dollars to get out on a duck’ and slapped me three or four times on the face. He was laughing. Even though the spankings were not harsh, I’m not sure it was entirely drama. I wouldn’t make an issue of it, but I can’t imagine this happening in many professional sports environments.