An ardent follower of IPL, Bollywood’s Big B Amitabh Bachchan is always seen at the IPL matches, moreover, he is so far called as Mumbai Indians’ (MI) follower. But, this time, Amitabh is on news for taking on to his twitter handle regarding the 28th match of IPL 10 between the MI and the Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS). Watching the growing leniency of fortune from Mumbai Indians to Rising Pune Giants, disappointed Big B felt that the last ball in the over is wide that should be actually declared so.
And according to Big B, this indecision by Umpire led MI to lose the match. However, Pune bowlers have shown off their impressive bowling performance by the visitors to halt MI’s unbeaten streak.
Unlike the viewers’ perception of the match, MI lost it at the nail edge, the hosts required 17 of the final over and the scales were obviously tilted in favor of the visitors. Coming to the details, bowler Jaydev Unadkat was entrusted with the final over and the left-arm seamer delivered almost immediately with the dismissal of Hardik Pandya in the very first delivery. It was a slower delivery and Pandya failed to connect properly and was holed out in the cover regions.
Read Big B’s Tweet Here:
T 2504 – That was a wide ball in the last over, by miles !! Not giving it has cost MI the game .. !! AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH !!! pic.twitter.com/GHj5mRK2dY
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) April 24, 2017
Though the team has been playing some amazing innings, it is against Pune the Mumbai lost two matches and the 29th will be against Gujarat Lions.
Twitter Reactions:
@SrBachchan Sorry Mr #Bachchan you are an expert actor. I respect it, but not an #umpire on field. Respect it #MIvsPune #MIvRPS #ipl #VIVOIPL
— Vikant Sahay (@vikantsahay) April 24, 2017
@SrBachchan LEARN CRICKET SIR. THAT WASN’T A WIDE BALL. ?
— ᏢᎪᎡᏙᎬᏚᎻ ? (@prvs8) April 24, 2017
@SrBachchan Hahaha! Don’t fret Sir! Pune deserved the win tonight! #MIvRPS
— Rajesh Kejriwal (@raj20k) April 24, 2017
No it wasn’t sir. When batsman moves in his crease, then ball can’t be given wide w. r. t. to the line. Very fare rule. #sportsmanship
— Harendra Bhadoria (@kkingofheartz) April 24, 2017
@SrBachchan Don’t be biased sir umpires were not against #MI ,hard luck but everyday is not goldenday #MIvRPS
— Shlok Agrawal (@agrawal_shlok) April 24, 2017
@SrBachchan Sir, wo wide ball nahi thi.. umpire ka decision sahi hai. @sanjaymanjrekar most probably!!1⃣0⃣0⃣?
— Sumanta Das (@isumantadas) April 24, 2017
@SrBachchan If he had not moved it was sure wide but not in this case
— arshad ahmed (@arshadnrml) April 24, 2017