NEW DELHI — Indian bowler
Yuzvendra Chahal says he was
dangled from a 15th-floor hotel balcony by a heavily drunk fellow player during
the Indian Premier League in 2013.
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The incident happened during a get-together when the
leg-spinner, who has played 61 one-day internationals for India, was a part of
the
Mumbai Indians franchise.
Chahal previously alleged that he was also bullied by Mumbai
teammates in 2011 when he was an up-and-coming talent.
"So there was a player who was very drunk — and I won't
take his name — he was very drunk, he just called me aside and he took me
outside and he hung me out from the balcony," Chahal, now 31, said in a
video posted Thursday by his current IPL team
Rajasthan Royals.
"I was holding on to him, with my arms around his neck.
If I had lost my grip, we were on the 15th floor... had there been a small
mistake there, I would have fallen down," he said.
Chahal said he was saved by people who rushed to his rescue.
"I kind of fainted and they gave me water. Then I realized
how responsible we need to be when we go anywhere," said the bowler, who
was chatting in the video to fellow spinner
Ravichandran Ashwin about tricky
off-field situations.
Former India all-rounder and coach Ravi Shastri said the
incident must not be taken lightly, and called for players to be banned from
the game if they commit such an offence.
"Someone's life is at risk, some people might think it
is funny but for me, it is not funny at all," he said during
ESPNcricinfo's 'T20 Time Out' program.
"If such an incident happens today, (give) a life ban
for that person involved and send that person to a rehab center as quickly as
possible."
Chahal had alleged in a podcast earlier this year that,
in another incident, his then Mumbai teammates James
Franklin and
Andrew Symonds tied him up, taped his mouth and left him
in a room and forgot about him in 2011.
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