IPL 2020: Third umpire's decision over Ruturaj Gaikwad's dismissal leaves KXIP's KL Rahul and Anil Kumble baffled
Was Ruturaj out in the 8th over?
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) are knocked out of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) after they lost to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Sunday. Ruturaj Gaikwad scored his third consecutive half-century to lead his team to victory in the 19th over of the innings. But the batsman’s dismissal was the talking point earlier when KXIP player Mandeep Singh claimed the catch only for the third umpire to rule it out.
The incident happened in the 8th over of the innings when Ravi Bishnoi was bowling. The leggie bowled a flighted delivery outside the off-stump which Ruturaj sliced the drive towards backward point. Mandeep was fielding at that position who dived forward to grab a sensational catch.
He claimed it even as the ball was close to the ground and it led to the on-field umpires taking the case to the third umpire Chris Gaffaney. With the fielding team claiming the catch, the soft signal turned out to be out. The third umpire then looked at replays repeatedly from different angles and wasn’t sure whether the catch was clean.
In the end, he concluded that the catch wasn’t clean and the ball did touch the ground. However, it seemed as if he wasn’t sure and in that case, the soft signal stays with not enough evidence to overturn the on-field call. But contrary to it, Chris Gaffaney decided to rule the batsman not-out and it led to KL Rahul and KXIP coach Anil Kumble being baffled.
KL Rahul discusses the matter with umpire
The KXIP skipper and the team wasn’t clearly pleased with the decision as they were also desperate for a wicket. Kumble got up from his seat in the dug-out clearly expressing his displeasure. However, the on-field umpires explained the situation to the fielding side and advised Rahul to get on with the game.
It was a tough decision to make clearly even as Twitterati was left with split opinions. The commentators though felt that the right call was made. However, some of the fans weren’t happy with the decision while a few felt that the right decision was made.
Here are some of the tweets:
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