The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 had its fair proportion of controversies. While the incident involving Virat Kohli, Naveen-ul-Haq, and Gautam Gambhir topped all of them, Lucknow Super Giants pacer Avesh Khan‘s helmet throw towards Royal Challengers Bangalore was additionally a extremely talked-about second. Avesh was even handed a effective by the IPL for the motion. In an interview, the pacer has opened up on the incident, admitting that he went somewhat overboard within the match and should not have accomplished that.

The first match-up between RCB and LSG turned out to be a thriller, with KL Rahul‘s aspect rising because the winners. Avesh, who was on the pitch when the run-chase was accomplished, threw his helmet on the bottom in celebration, incomes a hefty effective within the course of.

In an interview with the Indian Express, Avesh admitted that he should not have accomplished that.

“Yeh social media mein mera mahool bana rehta hai and helmet incident thoda jyada hogaya tha. I realised later that I shouldn’t have done this. It just happened in the heat of the moment. I now feel sad that yaar yeh sab cheez nahi karna tha,” he mentioned

Opening up on his performances in IPL 2023 season, Avesh mentioned he did properly though it wasn’t as much as his normal requirements.

“If you compare my past two IPL seasons before this one, it went the way I wanted to. However, even though the season didn’t go well as per my standard, I maintained my economy rate which is less than 10. I bowl crucial overs 4 or 5th over and later in death,” mentioned the pacer.

“I had stitches in my web and still I bowled in initial IPL games. He (bowling coach Morne Morkel) openly said that he likes my attitude that puts the team above everything else. I took a painkiller and took an injection in my hand and everyone praised me after the game,” he recalled.