On-field Umpires Chettithody Shamsuddin and Abhijit Deshmukh faced heat on Twitter after one of them signalled legal delivery as a no-ball during match number 18 of the IPL 2018 season between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab at the Eden Gardens on April 21.
The incident happened during the start of the 6th over of KKR’s innings when KXIP’s Andrew Tye began his spell. Umpire signalled Tye’s first delivery to Robin Uthappa as a no-ball and the batsman got the free-hit. However, replays showed that some part of Tye’s heel was behind the line.
The umpires take to the field during match eighteen of the Vivo Indian Premier League 2018 (IPL 2018) between the Kolkata Knightriders and the Kings XI Punjab (PIC: BCCI)
Tye raised an objection with on-field umpire but his effort was in vain as the no-ball decision remained intact.
Andrew Tye of the Kings XI Punjab is unhappy after being penalized with a free hit (PIC: BCCI)
Following this decision, Twitterati started pouring their reaction on Twitter.
Andrew Tye of the Kings XI Punjab is unhappy after being penalized with a free hit (PIC: BCCI)
Here are some of them:
It’s not a No Ball. Free Hit for nothing. C’mon, can the third-umpire not step in? Make it possible please. #Tye #KKRvKXIP #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) 21 April 2018
No ball for free. Poor umpiring #KKRvKXIP
— Harkamal Singh (@patientwolf14) 21 April 2018
Why third umpire can’t tell on field umpire that, “I have seen it on TV screen & it’s not a no ball. So pls revert ur decision”. It’s so easy for him to do it & also doesn’t consume time. Such small things do matter @ICC @BCCI ! It can cost huge. Pls __ #IPL2018 #KKRvKXIP
— Saurabh Shinde (@imsgshinde) 21 April 2018
You use the help of the TV umpire to check whether it is a no ball or not when a batsman is out. Why can’t it be used when a no ball is wrongly given? The bowler has to go through the free-hit punishment next ball. Bowlers are truly second class citizens of cricket.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) 21 April 2018
It’s not a no ball, WHAT THE HELL
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) 21 April 2018
Earlier on April 17, during an IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians, RCB skipper Virat lost his cool after a caught-behind decision against MI’s batsman Hardik Pandya was overturned by the third-umpire despite UltraEdge showed a murmur.
Chris Woakes bowled a slower length ball to Pandya, who missed it while trying to defend it on the front foot. The ball travelled to wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock who appealed for caught-behind. On-field umpire raised his finger and called it out.
Unhappy with the decision, Pandya opted for a review. After several replays, the third-umpire overturned the original decision and gave a lifeline to Pandya despite the UltraEdge showing some murmur when the ball passed the bat.
Following this, RCB skipper lost his cool and raised an objection with the on-field umpires.
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Meanwhile, Kings XI Punjab skipper R Ashwin won the toss and decided to field against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Eden Gardens.
KKR made no changes to the team that beat Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur while Punjab dropped out-of-form pacer Mohit Sharma for Ankit Rajpoot, a former KKR medium-fast bowler.
Teams:
KXIP: Lokesh Rahul (w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Andrew Tye, Barinder Sran, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
KKR: Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (w/c), Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Tom Curran, Piyush Chawla, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav
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