Opting to bat first proved advantageous for the Kolkata Knight Riders as their opening pair of Sunil Narine and Phil Salt made a powerful begin. The duo showcased wonderful batting energy, propelling their group to 32/zero inside simply three overs. Their contributions of seven, 10, and 15 runs respectively within the preliminary overs left the Delhi bowlers scrambling for a breakthrough. Nonetheless, amidst their relentless assault, a essential second arose when a delayed determination by Pant led to a possible game-changing state of affairs.
Within the fourth over, Delhi’s pacer Ishant Sharma delivered a well-directed short-of-a-good-length ball to the seasoned Trinidadian. Making an attempt to loft the supply, Narine’s bat solely managed a skinny edge, leading to a simple catch for Pant. Ishant, seemingly disinterested in reviewing the choice, rotated. Nonetheless, Mitchell Marsh, fielding at cowl, expressed curiosity in a evaluate and sought steering from Pant. Regardless of preliminary hesitation, Pant ultimately opted for the DRS. Nonetheless, deliberation consumed treasured time, and by the point Pant determined, the DRS timer had expired, leaving the on-field umpire, Akshay Totre, to tell Pant of the missed alternative.
A number of overs later, as Narine continued to punish Kolkata’s bowlers with a strike charge of 238, a replay of the essential supply revealed that the ball had certainly brushed Narine’s bat. With the Snickometer confirming the contact, it turned evident that if Pant had initiated the evaluate promptly, Narine would have been dismissed. The batter went on to attain a 39-ball 85.
The incident didn’t go unnoticed by the Twitterverse, sparking discussions throughout social media platforms.
Poor captaincy
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— Debi Cha (@ChaDebi95756) April 3, 2024
Late sign
Rishabh pant signalled for DRS WHILE 1 sec was remaining.
The umpire
Let’s not discuss in regards to the umpire.— SKS🐺 (@Sahil_Singh21) April 3, 2024
Worst
Rishabh Pant, objectively talking is the worst captain in IPl relating to DRS.
If he likes it then he’ll waste a evaluate on clear not out however received’t take one on filter.#DCvKKR— Shubham Dubey (@Massive_hit) April 3, 2024
Kuldeep helps
Kuldeep Yadav grabs Rishabh Pant’s hand to make DRS signal; unlikely evaluate amazingly rewards DC with Buttler’s wicket https://t.co/ugL1xMpe89 by way of @HTSportsNews
— Ananya (@ananya1832) March 30, 2024
Dangerous in each
Rishabh Pant is such a foul keeper and an excellent worse captain. #KKRvsDC
— bestscript_writer (@iStanRR) April 3, 2024
Too poor
Poor Captaincy by Rishabh Pant
— ℝ.𝕀.𝕋.𝕀.𝕂 (RR Ka Parivar) (@IHateElonMuskk) April 3, 2024
Worst of the league
Rishabh pant is perhaps the worst captain of this league !!
— Tarun (@tmb748) April 3, 2024
Dream
Dream for Rishabh Pant 😂
— Cricket Ballot LIVE (@cricketpolllive) April 3, 2024
Nothing can not help
You will not imagine that Delhi has Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly of their group administration, but this group is the worst group in IPL 2024. And Rishabh Pant’s captaincy is equally dangerous.#DCvKKR | #TATAIPL
— ❖MʀᏦᴀʀᴀɴ࿐ (@KaranSiddh) April 3, 2024
Cannot be infantile
Piss Poor Captaincy From Rishabh Pant. I imply how will you be so infantile about DRS.
And Nortje ought to have are available to bowl on the 4th Over itself after getting smashed within the first Three overs.— Jegan (@IamJegan) April 3, 2024
