James Franklin faced serious accusations. (Photo- Kunal Patil / HT via Getty Images)
Former New Zealand all-rounder James Franklin celebrates his 44th birthday today i.e. November 7. James Franklin, who began his international career in 2001, played for New Zealand until 2013. During this period, he led New Zealand to win many matches in all three formats. James Franklin was also part of IPL. But a few years ago James Franklin found himself involved in a great controversy. Actually, Yuzvendra Chahal, the star of the Indian team, had made a big revelation about James Franklin, which shocked the entire cricket world.
Serious accusations were made against James Franklin
Yuzvendra Chahal had revealed in the year 2022 that when he was a part of the Mumbai Indians, he was abused many times. Chahal had told that when he was part of the Mumbai Indians, a player had hung him from the 15th floor. During this, Chahal had recalled an incident where the names of Australia’s Andrew Symonds and James Franklin were taken. He had told her that his 2011 Mumbai Indians teammates, Franklin and Andrew Symonds, had allegedly tied him up and left him overnight while he celebrated the victory in the Champions League final.
Yuzvendra Chahal had said, “This incident happened in 2011, when Mumbai Indians won the Champions League.” We were in Chennai. Andrew Symonds drank too much fruit juice. I don’t know what he was thinking, but he and James Franklin together tied my hands and feet and said now you open them and show them to me. He was so drunk that he taped my mouth shut and completely forgot about me during the party. The party ended and in the morning when a sweeper came, he saw me and rescued me. He asked me how long I had been here like this and I told him, ‘Since last night.’
James Franklin’s career
James Franklin played 31 Tests, 110 ODIs and 38 T20 matches for the New Zealand team. In the Test, James Franklin scored 808 runs with the help of 2 half-centuries and 1 century. Apart from this, he also took 82 wickets in the Test. James Franklin has 1270 runs to his name in ODIs, apart from this he also took 81 wickets. James Franklin also took 20 wickets with 463 runs in T20. Apart from this, James Franklin played a total of 20 matches for the Mumbai team in IPL. Franklin was a part of the Mumbai Indians from 2011 to 2013.
