Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma had another bad outing in IPL 2022, as he was dismissed for just 2 off 6 balls, in just the first over of the chase.
His dismissal, however, created a controversy as majority of IPL fans felt that he was not out there and that the umpire hurried to take the final decision.
What had happened?
On the last ball of the first over in the chase, KKR's pacer Tim Southee bowled a scrambled seam short of length delivery. Rohit did not have room to play with so jumped to defend it to leg side.
Howeverthe ball ball flew off the thigh pad and Sheldon Jackson took a good low catch diving to the right behind the wickets.
Sheldon was convinced that there was an edge and asked the captain to review. It took ages to build UltraEdge. In the replay it was clearly showing that that the spikes were caught even before the ball touched the bat.
The spikes were caught just as the ball passed the bat. There was not enough evidence to completely over-rule the soft signal which was not-out.
But the the third umpire Bruce Oxenford didn't consider it and have a second lool. He asked the onfield umpire Chris Gaffaney to change his decision to out. Rohit was not happy as he walked back and so was MI owner Akash Ambani, who was present in the VIP box.
Fans of Mumbai Indians and Rohit believe that their captain was done in by a poor piece of umpiring.
Take a look at the reactions of fans:
I think umpire needs a 3D glass!!! pic.twitter.com/Sn4RxQ3JlK
— Rohit Sharma Trends_ (@TrendsRohit) May 9, 2022
wrong decision by umpire _@ImRo45 was clearly not out pic.twitter.com/cpUcJqcpUJ
— Sports talk With Mayank Shukla (@talk_mayank) May 9, 2022
Clearly a technical glitch. Spike popped up before the ball reached Rohit's bat. Important for the third umpire to keep the eyes open. #IPL2022#MIvKKRpic.twitter.com/hfsfMvPb1m
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) May 9, 2022
Mc umpire andha hai kya _
First Rohit's decision and then this boundary #MIvsKKRpic.twitter.com/Ob8uYKVWGK— Gaurav _ (@ImGS_08) May 9, 2022
World worst umpire in IPL only _ pic.twitter.com/mHAUhootxX
— _______ (@Rascal1_) May 9, 2022
Rohit was not-out or out? fans divided over his controversial dismissal vs KKR
