21st December 2024
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If cricket was a tutorial topic it wouldn’t be really easy with the wide selection of guidelines and laws. Even somebody of Gautam Gambhir’s stature was seen bemused over a run denial by the match officers, resulting in a heated debate as KKR squared off in opposition to PBKS in Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Friday. 

Successful the toss, interim captain Sam Curran opted to discipline first underneath a damp environment. KKR’s dynamic opening duo of Phil Salt and Sunil Narine elected a gung-ho strategy to dismantle the opposition bowlers. On the again of a 138-run opening stand, the hosts commanded swiftly throughout the innings. Though PBKS pegged again with a few wickets throughout the center overs section, an unprecedented occasion caught everybody’s consideration with livid Gambhir arguing with a match official. 

On the sixth ball of the 14th over, Rahul Chahar came to visit the wicket and bowled a brief ball vast exterior the stumps that Russel slashed in direction of cowl for a sliding Ashutosh Sharma cease. The fielder made a wayward throw in direction of the striker’s finish, the KKR duo seemed to run for an overthrow. Nevertheless, the umpire dominated out the run for a useless ball as Venkatesh Iyer and Russell had been late to finish the one. Moments later, KKR head coach Gambhir was seen indulging in a heated dialog with the match referee relating to the controversial determination.

As per MCC legal guidelines, 20.1.1 and 20.1.1.1, the ball turns into useless when it’s lastly settled within the palms of the wicket-keeper or off the bowler.

The Twitterverse was perplexed by the scenario and right here’s how they reacted.

WHat was it?

Totally different tatctics!

To not play Rinku in WC?

Rinku has good ending palms!

Hmmm could also be!

Anthey antaara saar?

Hahaha!

PBKS is racing too!

What?

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