During the T20 match between Gujarat Lions and Kings XI Punjab in Mohali, Punjab player Sandeep Sharma lost his cool and had a heated argument with the on-field umpire who called a delivery bowled by KXIP pacer a no-ball.
This heated discussion happened in the 5th over, when Sandeep decided to come around the wicket to bowl. The batsman on non-striking end was Dwayne Smith and he didn’t change his position.
As bizarre as it may sound, the UMPIRE signaled a No ball on the next delivery according to him, Sandeep should have informed him that he will be coming around the wicket to bowl next delivery. Well, it’s also umpire’s duty to tell batsman at the non-striker’s end to change the position.
Captain Maxwell ran in from long-on to fuel the argument further. The brawl continued till the next over. Maxwell was visibly annoyed and he had no intentions to hide it. Sandeep and Maxwell were in particular seen having an animated chat with the umpire regarding the no-ball which gave Gujarat Lions a free hit.
But umpire didn’t change his decision and called it “No Ball”. It looks like the Umpire thought that Sandeep Sharma is changing his field and not asking to come around the wicket.
Watch the video and you decide who is wrong here, Dwayne Smith or Sandeep Sharma or Umpire?
— Nakul Gupta (@CCdhanushree) May 7, 2017
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