IPL 2018: Five biggest controversies of the season

5.  Broadcasters showing wrong footage to the TV umpire in MI vs RCB match

In what can be termed as one of the major controversies of IPL 2018, wrong footage was relayed to the TV umpire owing to an incondonable mistake on the part of the broadcasters, Star Sports. The error was quickly spotted and circulated on micro-blogging platform, Twitter causing an uproar amongst viewers, who questioned the sanctity of the game and the umpiring standards. The match in question was once again the MI vs RCB match that took place at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Umesh Yadav and the decision was upheld by the TV umpire as the bowler’s foot was found to be well within the crease in the replays. But here’s the catch- the replay that was provided to the TV umpire by the broadcasters showed Yadav on the non-striker’s end right beside Bumrah when the bowler was supposedly bowling him out on the other end! Although the decision din’t make a significant impact on the game, the broadcaster’s were called out on social media for having dented the credibility of off-field umpiring significantly.