A Rajasthan Royals Owner ‘Slapped’ Me Across The Face 3-4 Times: Ross Taylor Reveals IPL Memory

Wellington: Former New Zealand captain, Ross Taylor has revealed that he was slapped by one of the owners of Rajasthan Royals after he got a duck in an Indian Premier League game.

Taylor wrote in his autobiography, Ross Taylor: Black & White, that the incident occurred after the match ended.

“Rajasthan played Kings XI Punjab in Mohali. The chase was 195, I was lbw for a duck and we didn’t get close,” Taylor was quoted from his autobiography by stuff.co.nz.

“Afterwards, the team, support staff and management were in the bar on the top floor of the hotel. Liz Hurley was there with Warnie,” he wrote.

“One of the Royals owners said to me, ‘Ross, we didn’t pay you a million dollars to get a duck’ and slapped me across the face three or four times,” Taylor revealed.

However, Taylor added that the slaps were not aggressive but he left him with the feeling that this would not have happened in many professional environments.

“He was laughing and they weren’t hard slaps but I’m not sure that it was entirely play-acting. Under the circumstances I wasn’t going to make an issue of it, but I couldn’t imagine it happening in many professional sporting environments,” the iconic Kiwi batter wrote.