BCCI Official’s Statement on Ross Taylor Slap

Ross Taylor Slapgate: Former New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor recently shook Indian cricket with a sensational revelation in his autobiography. In a book titled “Black and White”, released earlier this week, Taylor spoke about an unpleasant incident that happened to him in the IPL. He wrote in his book that he was slapped in the face by one of the owners of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals (RR). Because he was out on zero in the match against Punjab Kings (Kings XI Punjab). Although he also told that the slap was not slapped hard, but he did not find it like a joke.

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The Rajasthan Royals franchise has so far remained silent on these allegations of Ross Taylor. However, there has been a reaction from the BCCI on this matter. A BCCI official has said that they are not aware of any such incident. When InsideSport contacted a BCCI official and inquired if any action would be taken in the matter. The official said, “I am traveling now so I don’t know what you are talking about. “

BCCI can’t stay silent on Ross Taylor slapping allegation

However, BCCI cannot remain silent on Ross Taylor’s slapping allegation for long because IPL is a very big league of BCCI. In such a situation, any controversy regarding the league will not give a good sign. Now it will be interesting to see when and what action BCCI takes in this matter.

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Apart from BCCI, the Rajasthan Royals franchise has also kept silent in this matter so far. A top franchise official said, “We do not wish to comment on this.” After the silence of the franchise, now the question is who slapped Taylor. The slap took place at a party, which was one of the early years of the league. The then owners Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty were seen with the team during the 2011 edition. And fingers are pointing towards the same.

Ross wrote in his autobiography, “While chasing 195, I got out for zero

Ross Taylor wrote in his autobiography, “While chasing 195. I got out for zero and we could not even get close to the target. After this the players, support staff and team management were in the bar on the top floor of the hotel. Warney was accompanied by Liz Hurley. One of the owners of the Royals said to me, ‘Ross, we didn’t pay you a million dollars to be out for zero. And slapped me in the face three or four times.