Dan Christian and his wife have been subjected to abuse on social media after his side suffered a defeat against the Kolkata Knight Riders in the eliminator and got knocked out of the tournament.
Christian had a disappointing outing on Monday as he managed to score only nine runs in eight deliveries and followed it up with a worse performance with the ball and conceded a 22-run over against Sunil Narine that his skipper Virat Kohli said changed the momentum of the game.
“I didn’t have a great game tonight, but that’s sport,” he wrote. “However please leave her out of it.”
The Bangalore franchise was restricted to 138/7 in 20 overs after Sunil Narine ripped through the batting order and scalped a four-wicket haul during the course. The KKR then started off the chase in a decent manner but lost some wickets at a quick succession to get reduced to 79/3. However, Narine and Nitish Rana stitched a stand of 31 runs for the fourth wicket and put them closer to the second qualifier.
Narine hammered Christian for three maximums in the 12th over to help his side take the upper hand. He was eventually undone by Mohammed Siraj for 26 off 15 deliveries.
Later, the Knight Riders needed 7 off the last over and Kohli once again handed the ball to Christian who was hit for a boundary on the very first ball by Shakib.
The Kolkata team eventually went over the line on the fourth ball of the final over to win the match by 4 wickets. They will now play Delhi Capitals in the second qualifier on Wednesday in Sharjah.