Rohan Mustafa, the fielder who was involved in a hilarious moment of changing his jersey when the ball was traveling to the boundary, has issued a clarification on the issue following the end of the Abu Dhabi T10 League clash between Team Abu Dhabi and Northern Warriors. Rohan Mustafa clarified, "I apologize to my teammates and to all involved in the Abu Dhabi T10 for my conduct during this game. I was preparing myself to bowl, and whilst attempting to remove my jumper in preparation for my over, I mistakenly removed my playing shirt also. I acknowledge this was a poor time to rearrange any item of clothing and not in keeping with the high standards of the tournament organisation. I have apologised to both team management and the organisers."
There is no fine and Rohan Mustafa is eligible to play the remaining matches of the tournament. Rohan Mustafa, who plays for Team Abu Dhabi, was probably changing his jersey due to the heat, but in a comical moment, the ball sped away to the boundary and Mustafa was seen putting his shirt on and attempting to stop the boundary. The moment made everyone rolling on the floor laughing and Nicholas Pooran, the captain, of the Northern Warriors side was laughing out loud. However, Mustafa took to Twitter to issue a clarification and said that he was not changing the jersey.
Replying to the Pakistani journalist, Mustafa wrote, "I was not changing jersey. @Saj_PakPassion. I was removing my sweater and shirt got stuck in it as I was bowling the next over and the umpire doesn’t take anything from the bowler because of Covid rules...still apologize for my @TeamADCricket for letting them down!!"
T10 A close contest
As for the clash, Team Abu Dhabi boosted solid knocks from their skipper Luke Wright and a fifty from Joe Clarke and wicketkeeper Ben Duckett. Clarke smashed a fifty off just 24 balls which included five fours and three sixes while Duckett hit 31 off 17 balls. In response, Waseem Muhammad blasted 76 off 34 balls which included seven fours and six sixes. Muhammad was given good support from Lendl Simmons. Despite Jamie Overton's two wickets, Northern Warriors managed to win the match.
Northern Warriors are on top of Group A in the Abu Dhabi T10 League with a positive Net Run rate of 1.933. Team Abu Dhabi is in the second position in Group B, having lost two out of their three games.