An umpiring howler during the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) match in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 on Saturday became a massiv🅰e talking point on social media. Several fans, along with some former and current cricketers raised eyebrows on the ‘no-ball’ error.
The incident took place in the 10th over of SRH innings bowled by Isuru Udana. On the third delivery of the over, Udana bowled a high full toss to Kane Williamson and ideally, it should have been called a ‘no-ball’ as it was above waist height, but the square leg umpire wasn’t convinced.
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Yuvraj Singh, Jimmy Neesham, Jofra Archer reacted on the umpiring error
Former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh w🌊as also amazed that it was given a no-ball as he too joined the bandwagon in cಞriticising the umpire.
“I honestly can’t believe that was not given a no-ball! Like seriously !!!” tweeted Yuvraj.
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) all-rounder Jimmy Neesham, who is known for his epic responses on Twitter, didn’t waste time to drop his thoughts on the red-hot topic. The Kiwi cricketer fired some shots bꦡy asking whether no-balls are head high now.
“No balls are head high now???” Neesham tweeted.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) pacer Jofra Archer reacted on the decision by simply writing: “No ball???” on the micro-blogging website.
In the match, SRH defeated RCB by five wickets and kept their hopes alive to qu🐈alify for the playoffs.