In the match against punjab, the umpire had a conversation with tamil Nadu player venkatesh Iyer in Tamil. Punjab and kolkata are battling it out in the IPL 2021 series today (Oct. 1). punjab captain lokesh rahul, who won the toss, opted for bowling. Batting first, kolkata scored 165 runs. Currently, punjab is playing.
The Tamil-speaking umpire threw the ball to Punjab's Ellis venkatesh Iyer while batting for Kolkata. Then Ellis White Yorker threw a ball to Venkatesh. Then, punjab captain rahul asked pitch umpire Anantha Padmanabhan whether the ball had hit the bat or not. Then, venkatesh Iyer, who ran for eight, spoke to umpire Anantha Padmanabhan in tamil as "Nijamava" and the umpire responded in Tamil.
Although the number of fans umpires Anantha Padmanabhan is from Kerala, he knows tamil very well. An ardent Rajinikanth fan, venkatesh Iyer, though making his debut in this IPL series, is also leaving international bowlers behind. He also scored 67 off 49 balls in today's match. Despite playing for the madhya pradesh team, venkatesh Iyer, who speaks tamil without speaking english or Hindi, is gaining more and more fans in tamil Nadu day by day as he is a native Tamil.
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