A couple of deliveries in two different matches caused the biggest controversies in the first week of this year’s IPL.
Controversy is seldom too far away when the greatest T20 league in the world, the IPL, is on. The teams are generally well-matched and as we all know in the ultra-short format of the game any team can beat any other team, even a stronger one. The tension and pressure can be unbearable. A couple of deliveries can change the complexion of a game completely.
It was a couple of deliveries in two different matches that caused the biggest controversies in the first week of this year’s edition. The first was when Ravichandran Ashwin ran out Jos Buttler for backing up too far before the ball was delivered. Buttler was not amused, as no batsman run out in this manner ever will be, and made his displeasure very clear as he stormed off the field.
The umpires on the field, the TV umpire and the match referee did not file a complaint against the batsman, consumed as they were with the controversy caused by a seldom used mode of dismissal. So Buttler got away as even the ICC didn’t press any charges.
The ICC CEO can lay a charge within 24 hours if the on-field umpires or the match referee have not done so. But it was not done, for what reason we still don’t know.
The same happened the next day after a blatant no-ball from Lasith Malinga was not called by the umpire, who was clearly seen looking straight ahead and not at the popping crease where the bowler’s front foot lands. That was the last ball of the match and Virat Kohli’s team lost by six runs. By the time the players walked off the field the TV replays had shown the umpiring neglect, for that’s the only thing you can call it, and not an error.
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