India wrist-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal had recently revealed that a 'drunk player' dangled him from the balcony during the IPL season in 2013.
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Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has asked for a close inspection on the IPL 2013 incident revealed by Indian wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and called for a life ban on the accused player.
Chahal, while speaking to his Rajasthan Royals teammate Ravichandran Ashwin and Karun Nair, had made a shocking revelation from his Mumbai Indians days.
“In 2013, I was with the Mumbai Indians. We had a match in Bengaluru. There was a get-together after that. There was a player who was very drunk, I will not take his name. He was very drunk; he was looking at me and he just called me. He took me outside and he dangled me from the balcony,” Chahal told Ashwin and Nair in the video posted by Rajasthan Royals.
“My hands were around him. Had I lost my grip, I was on the 15th floor. Suddenly many people who were there came and got the situation under control. I kind of fainted. They gave me water, then I realised how responsible you should be if you go out anywhere. So, this was one incident where I felt I made a narrow escape. Had there been the slightest mistake, I would have fallen down,” he added.
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Shastri, a part of the commentary and expert panel for the IPL 2022 with the official broadcasters, said that the incident is not funny at all and neither it is acceptable.
The former India head coach, further, believes that the accused player should be served a life ban and sent to rehab to make him realise that the situation could have resulted into an unfortunate incident.
“No laughing matter at all. I do not know who the person involved is, he was not in a conscious state of mind. If that is the case, then it is a big worry. Someone’s life is at risk, some people might think it is funny but for me, it is not funny at all. It shows the person who is trying to do it is in a state which is not appropriate. When you are in such a state trying something like that, the chances of mistakes are even more. It is not acceptable at all,” Shastri said on ESPNcricinfo’s ‘T20 Time Out’.
“It is the first time I am hearing such a drastic thing like this. It is not funny at all. If such an incident happens today, a life ban for that person involved and send that person to a rehab centre as quickly as possible. Life ban, better not come near to a cricket field then he will realise how funny is it or not funny,” he stated further.
“You do not want an unfortunate incident for you to wake up, if something like that happens, you have to step up and tell the people concerned. Just like you are told by the Anti-Corruption Unit when there is an approach made by someone or the other when it comes to fixing, it is your job to approach the authorities to let them know,” said Shastri.
