"It Was Nightmare": Father Of GT Bowler Yash Dayal, Who was Hit 5 Sixes By Rinku Singh; Says Wife Stopped Eating

Yash Dayal never thought he will have his 'Chetan Sharma moment' so early in his career. The distraught UP left-armer, who was smashed for five consecutive sixes by statemate Rinku Singh was on his haunches and back home in Allahabad, mother Radha Dayal was inconsolable and stopped eating. "It was a nightmare yesterday," recollected his father Chandrapal Dayal in an interaction with PTI. His nutritionist daughter Shuchi, who takes care of his younger brother's dietary needs, took care of her mother. But fathers normally have to be strong and so is Chandrapal, who had once playd Vizzy Trophy for North Zone Universities, back in the day.

"These are the moments sport is made up of. Even in life you come across failures, it's important to stand up stronger," Chandrapal said.

But he is forever indebted to Titans skipper Hardik Pandya, who and other teammates, didn't leave him alone and tried to cheer him up.

Back in hotel, every team member including skipper Hardik Pandya, who was indisposed as Rashid Khan led in the match against KKR, gave him company. "They made him sit in the centre and consoled him. Later, there was naach-gaana (dance, music) they spent some light moments with him," his father said.

Dayal's favourite singer is late Sidhu Moosewala. Late in the night, Dayal senior called up his son and had a chat with him.

"He told me that somehow the ball was slipping out and he was not having a proper grip on the night as he missed his yorkers. Even he tried a slower one from the back of his hand that too was smashed," Chandrapal said.

May be Rinku's familiarity with hi style of bowling also became a disadvantage, feels Chandrapal but bottom-line was that it wasn't his day.

"He (Rinku) just had to smash every ball and