The pumped up Mumbai Indians (MI) youngster said something in his send-off to Rana (5 off 10) who retaliated with expletives. Suryakumar Yadav, who was captaining Mumbai in the absence of Rohit Sharma, and veteran spinner Piyush Chawala intervened and tried to calm down Rana.
Both Rana and Shokeen play for Delhi in domestic cricket. Shokeen played under the captaincy of Rana in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2022-23. They also played matches together in the Ranji Trophy 2022-23. Shokeen, 22, is comparatively new to senior cricket and has played a total of five first-class, eight List A and 11 T20 matches till date.
Nitish rana gone crazy on Hrithik shokeen #NitishRana #MIvsKKR #hrithikshokeen #ipl2023 pic.twitter.com/tCdQEJvTHO
— kadai paneer (@adnanpatel88) April 16, 2023
Rana, on the other hand has played 44 first-class, 66 List A and 165 T20 matches. The 29-year-old has also represented India in one ODI and two T20Is. The southpaw is leading KKR in the absence of Shreyas Iyer in the IPL 2023.
The fans were quick to recall the verbal spat between two other Delhi cricketers – Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir in the IPL 2013 after the heated exchange between Rana and Shokeen on Sunday at the Wankhede Stadium.
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) April 16, 2023
Not surprised to see this between Nitish Rana and Hrithik Shokeen. They have a history. Don’t talk in the dressing room. It all started in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Both weren’t talking while batting in Ranji too. Rana is a senior player and Shokeen needs to ZIP UP!
— Sahil Malhotra (@Sahil_Malhotra1) April 16, 2023
This wasn’t necessary from Nitish Rana. Shokeen will obviously celebrate the wicket pic.twitter.com/QN91yT3jYh
— ANSHUMAN🚩 (@AvengerReturns) April 16, 2023
Whether it’s Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli or Nitish Rana and Hrithik Shokeen these all are from Delhi and played for Delhi cricket team but these guys indulge themselves in fights and abuse their own ones. 😭 !!
— V I S H A L (@ImVi47) April 16, 2023
Virat vs Gambhir
Nitish Rana vs Hrithik Shokeen
Bhajji vs Sreesanth
Bhajji vs RayuduAre there any other on-field fights which happened between Indian players in IPL
— Virarsh (@Cheeku218) April 16, 2023
Nitish Rana & hrithik Fight
Love to see this in the game 🔥🔥🔥#IPL2023— Hamza Sheikh (@hamza007_) April 16, 2023
Bring on stump mic @JioCinema
Nitish rana ki fight audio sunni thi
— Rohit (@imr0hit_) April 16, 2023
Talking about the match, on the back of a hundred from Venkatesh Iyer (104 off 51), KKR has posted a 186-run target for Mumbai after being asked to bat first.
