Most Controversial Umpiring Decisions Of IPL So Far
Hyderabad: Umpire Sundaram Ravi, a member of ICC’s Elite Panel of International Umpires, was in the eye of a storm when he missed a no-ball off the last delivery from Lasith Malinga in Mumbai Indians’ clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
This led to a furore and drew irate reactions from RCB skipper Virat Kohli and his MI counterpart Rohit Sharma.
Twitteratis, too, were shocked by the umpiring howler, and memes started flowing in. Here's a look.
Virat Kohli waiting for the Umpire after the match.#RCBvMI #IPL2019 pic.twitter.com/tmb4Pv1mf8 — ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ (@shubhh_jain) March 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/shubhh_jain/status/1111336627966627840
Umpire during the last ball be like #RCBvMI pic.twitter.com/9wjYnkgNTf — Roshan Rai (@RoshanKrRai) March 28, 2019 lmao. Last ball was a no-ball. IPL of controversies? #RCBvMI #RCBvsMI pic.twitter.com/857asrJkob — Sarath (@sarath_751) March 28, 2019 If an umpire calls a no-ball that isn't one, it cannot be overturned. If he doesn't call a no-ball and there is a wicket, DRS can correct it. And so, more umpires are erring on the side of not calling no-balls. — Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 28, 2019 In the world of technology that we live in, a NO BALL like that should NOT happen! — Kevin Pietersen? (@KP24) March 28, 2019 How in the world did the umpire not pick up that last ball no ball? And if he didn’t, shouldn’t the third umpire be in the ear of the on field ump and call it? Fine margins in this game.: and stakes much too high to allow such major errors in the IPL #RCBvsMI — Citizen/नागरिक/Dost Rajdeep (@sardesairajdeep) March 28, 2019
End Of Story!
Let's have a rewind about the umpiring howlers in recent times:
.In 2018, the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Umpire KN Ananthapadmanabhan made a terrible howler.
The umpire had signalled the fifth delivery of the 16th over bowled by KKR paceman Tom Curran as a no ball for overstepping.
However, the replays clearly showed that it wasn't a no ball and the bowler’s foot was well under the line.
.In yet another match between the KKR and Kings XI Punjab, Australia’s Andrew Tye was a victim umpiring howler.
Tye was bowling to Robin Uthappa when one of his deliveries in the sixth over was adjudged as a no-ball. The replays had suggested that his foot was well behind the line.
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