Rajasthan Royals (RR) sealed a thrilling win over Punjab Kings (PBKS) the 32nd match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 at the Dubai𝕴 International Stad💧ium on Tuesday.
After put in to bat, Rajasthan openers Evin Lewis and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave their side a♌ brilliant start, smashing 36 and 49 runs res🥀pectively.
Middle-order batter Mahipal Lomror also scored 43 runs, guiding RR to a competitꦉive total of 185.
Chasing 186 for victory, Punjab made a flying start with Mayank Agarwal slamming a 43-ball 67. KXIP captain KL Rahul departed just one run beforꦬe his half-century in the 12th over.
Hoping to seal a win, Punjab faltered in the 20th over, with RR pacer Kartik Tyagi dismissing well set Nicholas Pooran and new-comer Deepak Hooda. A superb final over by young Tyagi saw RR re🎉cord their fourth wi🌃n on the season.
Third umpire ignored 2 no-balls bowled by RR seamer Mustafizur Rahman
In the penultimate over of RR innings, TV commentators Aakash Chopra and Irfan Pathan highlighted the incident of Mustafizur Rahman bowling two no-balls which were ignored by the third umpire. The umpiring howler made a great impact on the game’s result as Punjab lost the contest by two runs.
no ball controversy.
Over:- 19.1 (speed ×.5)
Look at the toe and the heel at 1st point of 🧔contact.— ℬℴ𝓃𝓎 ℬ𝒾𝓈𝓌𝒶𝓈 (@4mBAD)
Both Irfan 𒐪and 💯Aakash expressed their disappointment on Twitter as well.
//twitter.com/IrfanPath𓄧an/status/1440376897586663426
On the other hand, Chopra raised concerns regarding the techn𒉰ology used in cricket after those two no-balls got unnoticed by the TV umpire.
Two no-balls missed. In the Mustafizur over. And has lost the game by two runs. What good is technoܫlogy if that doesn’t allow you to rectify a glaring error?
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
I’ve seen this many times over now. I still can’t say with certainty that at the point of first contact, Fizz’s foot isn’t touching the return crease. Brings forth 2 points
ꦗ1. Was it checked enough times by the ꧂3rd umpire to remove doubt? Happened on two consecutive balls. 1/2— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
2. Does the third umpire get to see this on reviews? Because he star✃ts by saying fair delivery but isn’t🎀 he getting just the popping crease visuals in real-time (by which he determines that the bowler hasn’t overstepped). I don’t have concrete answers to thesejust intrigued 2/2
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Here’s how fans reacted to Rahman’s two no-balls (which were ignored by the umpire):
Mustafizur balled 2 no balls in the 19th over umpire didn't noticed
.. cost the game to kxip still i♏f you are thinking there is no fixing in IPL then 🤷🏻♂️🙌🏻🙏🏻— Dr.Paritosh chavda (@official_pc_44)
/🌠/twitter.ꦛcom/technical_bacha/status/1440378972223598607
That 3rd umpire must be having a good time there! Must be sleeping han?
He missed 2 no balls in over of Mustafizur Rahman and Punjab Kings lost the match by ex𝔍actly 2 runs! Aag laga do ap apni technology me.— Shivani Shukla (@iShivani_Shukla)
what about 2 no balls bowled by mustafizur Rahman in 1✨9th over totally🥀 scam and bulshit
— Gurjit Singh (@GurjitS04381134)
