Watch: Angry Matthew Wade throws helmet, smashes bat in dressing room after controversial dismissal against RCB
IPL 2022: Matthew Wade was livid with the decision and made no efforts to hide his emotions as he entered the dressing room.
Gujarat Titans' Matthew Wade endured a tough outing in the 2022 Indian Premier League and it did look like he would finally end his poor patch with the bat in the game against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday. He had hit two fours and a sixes en route to 16 runs in 12 balls, and just as things started to look up for the Aussie, he was dismissed by Glenn Maxwell in the final over of the Powerplay. Attempting a sweep, Wade missed the line of the ball and was hit on his backfoot; it seemed the ball had deflected off his glove, but the ultra edge showed no such deflection and he was adjudged LBW. Follow IPL 2022 Coverage
Even though the technology didn't favour Wade, the Aussie batter was livid with the decision and as he entered the dressing room, he made no attempts to hide his anger.
The Gujarat Titans star threw his helmet and went on to smash the bat multiple times inside the dressing room.
Watch: Angry Matthew Wade smashes his bat in dressing room
Wade has scored only 116 runs in eight innings in the ongoing IPL season so far. In the initial few games for the side, Wade opened the batting alongside Shubman Gill; he was later dropped and brought back to the side at no.3.
Meanwhile, Virat Kohli notched his season-best of 73 and Glenn Maxwell smashed an unbeaten 43 off just 18 balls as Bangalore cruised to 170-2 with eight balls to spare in its last league game to keep the playoff hopes alive .
Gujarat, already assured of the No. 1 place with 20 points, had earlier made 168-5 after captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and scored 68 not out off 47 balls.
