Shane Warne was almost ruled out of rest of the IPL owing to his hamstring injury but still he made a surprise appearance against Mumbai Indians as he did not want to miss possibly his only chance to play Sachin Tendulkar in the Indian Premier League.
The previous match between the two teams was washed out by rains so with Tendulkar again on the opposite side yesterday there “no way to stop” Warne, who had his leg strapped up, says Rajasthan Royals Director of Coaching Darren Barry.
“We, Jermy, the physio, and I gave Shane every warning against playing today. You would have needed a semi trial to stop Shane from playing against the Mumbai Indians.With Sachin Tendulkar in their team, there was no way to stop him,” Barry said.
“His leg was strapped up but he said he was playing. And when he says he is playing, it doesn’t matter what we are saying,” he was quoted as saying by the official IPL Website.
Acknowledging man-of-the-match Warne’s role in the win, Barry also showered lavish praise on all his boys for their collective effort to pull off the win in the nerve-wrecking encounter.
On playing so many close matches, Barry said “Rajasthan Royals have played quite a few of those in the last couple of years. Last year we had two on the last ball and one on the penultimate ball against Deccan Chargers.
Barry also lauded the efforts of Munaf Patel and Rob Quiney in Jaipur winning the crucial match.
