Watch: Abhishek Sharma, Digvesh Rathi engage in ugly fight after spinner's brutal send-off

Star Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) opening batsman Abhishek Sharma and the star Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) spinner Digvesh Rathi were engaged in a heated altercation on Monday, May 19.

The incident involving Digvesh Rathi and Abhishek Sharma took place during the 61st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 between the Lucknow Super Giants and the Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

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Digvesh Rathi Does Notebook Celebration After Dismissing Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek Sharma returned to form in the match against the Rishabh Pant-led side, and he played a brutal innings. The left-handed opener looked aggressive from the start and didn't slow down as the innings progressed.

He was going great guns even after hitting fifty, before Digvesh Rathi cleaned him up in the 8th over for the score of 59 runs off 20 balls, with four fours and six sixes.

On the third ball of the 8th over, Digvesh Rathi bowled a googly to the SRH opener outside off-stump. Abhishek tried to smash it over extra cover, but didn't manage to make a good connection with the ball and was caught by Shardul Thakur.

Digvesh was delighted after picking up the wicket, and he gave a brutal send-off to Abhishek and brought out his trademark notebook celebration.

This didn't sit well with the SRH youngster, and he said something to the spinner while walking back. The duo soon charged towards each other and got closer to have an intense chat.

Things only got heated after that as the batter and the spinner were seen passing fiery comments at each other, and the umpires and the players had to interrupt and separate them.

Watch: Abhishek Sharma and Digvesh Rathi Clash Following Fiery Send-Off From Spinner In IPL 2025

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Still, we have done a decent job to restrict them under 220 - Harsh Dubey

Speaking during the mid-innings break, SRH debutant Harsh Dubey said that they did a good job with the ball to restrict LSG to a gettable score. He stated:

"First of all, thank you sir. I felt that I could've bowled better. Still, we have done a decent job to restrict them under 220. Well, that is part and parcel of the game. Sometimes those catches stick, sometimes it doesn't. I was completely focusing on my own bowling and how to bowl my four overs."

Harsh Dubey further labelled himself as the batting all-rounder and talked about his maiden IPL wicket in Mitchell Marsh. He elaborated:

"I consider myself as a batting all-rounder but it depends on the toss. (Dismissal of Mitch Marsh) Sir, I tried to bowl it slow and get some turn. The ball did stick in the wicket, and I wanted to bowl it away from his arc. So, I am happy that I could execute my plan. Definitely sir. My strength has been to turn the ball. I will try to bowl better in terms of lines and lengths in the upcoming games."