New Delhi, March 17 India's T20 captain, Suryakumar Yadav, revealed that he personally apologized to New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell after being hit by an Arshdeep Singh throw during the recent World Cup final, as he wanted to set an example of good leadership.
Arshdeep was fined 15 percent of his match fee and given a demerit point by the ICC for throwing the ball that hit Mitchell on his pads. The pacer did not immediately apologize, which prompted Mitchell to confront him, leading to an intervention by Suryakumar and the on-field umpires.
Arshdeep eventually issued a public apology, and the two players shook hands at the end of the match that India won by 96 runs to retain the trophy.
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