IPL 2018: Twitter is disgusted by the quality of umpiring

The umpiring standard in the eleventh season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been nothing short of abysmal. The Decision Review System (DRS) was previously introduced and teams have successfully resorted to the same as the matches have passed by. Yesterday was another such day when the umpires committed a horrendous blunder.

The incident panned out during the penultimate delivery of the 16th over by Tom Curran to Rohit Sharma in the match between the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and the Mumbai Indians (MI). The umpires signalled a no-ball which baffled both Curran and Dinesh Karthik, the Knights skipper. Karthik had a chat with umpire KN Anantha Padmanabhan and urged for the same to be relooked at.

However, he denied their request and asked them to carry on with the match. Nevertheless, replays showed that Curran’s feet landed way inside the bowling-crease and subsequently, it slid forward and that might have led the umpires to believe it to be a no-ball. Luckily for Curran, Hardik Pandya lost his shape and mistimed the free hit, which could only fetch a solitary run for the team.

The insult to injury for KKR

Previously, Ishan Kishan wrecked havoc in the KKR camp with some lusty blows into the stands and quite expectantly, the swashbuckling knock left their physical and psychological balance in utter shambles. The mistake by the umpire was equivalent to rubbing salt into the wounds of the scar left by Kishan’s belligerence. Mumbai stormed to 210 runs in their 20 overs.

The Knight Riders imploded during their run-chase and were bundled out for 108 runs. Subsequently, they lost their 10th match against Rohit Sharma’s men at the Eden Gardens in 12 attempts. Also, they slumped to their 18th overall defeat in 23 matches against the Indians. Following the error, Twitter was furious and asked the BCCI to take immediate action.

Here are the reactions from fans

No ball ???@mipaltan are Back!! ?? pic.twitter.com/eFmS9rScdy

— R C B (@avinashwithyou) May 9, 2018

Log drr rhe h aur umpire bhi drr that h Ambani se khi Jio ka recharge costly na krde isliye no ball hi dila di umpire se #paisabolrahaH #KKRvMI #Ambani #ipl2018

— ankit sodia (@ankitsodia) May 9, 2018

#KKRvMI
Ambani – life time jio
Umpire =??

— Iɱɾ@ɲ (@Imran_4664) May 9, 2018

Ambani : ek no ball dene par ek
jio 4g phone free

Umpire : done bhai.!

Ambani : jio dhan dhana dhan ?#VIVOIPL #KKRvMI#KKRHaiTaiyaar#MumbaiIndians

— Tushar (@Sarcasm_and_YOU) May 9, 2018

Umpiring was the worst in today's game. #KKRvMI

— Candy Crusher (@Heywood_Jeblomi) May 9, 2018

Is it ipl or Drama. Lot of decisions favouring Mumbai Indians. No balls given mercilessly, Chris lynn run out Seems like fixed. @mipaltan and @KKRiders whatever may be don’t cheat real Cricket fans.

— Ñātäràjâńkrisnamurty (@raja2207) May 9, 2018

A no ball for a correct delivery?? Last over to spinner?? And now @KKRiders will continuously loose wickets and get all out for a mere 150 or so and @mipaltan will win by a large margin.. Fully fixed match.. Worst part is it seems like nowadays even umpires are sold out #MIvsKKR

— Arun Krishna (@arunkrishnakv) May 9, 2018

Acc to rules 'First landing of front foot' should be consider for A valid or No Ball. Tom curran's foot skated only after first landing yet a No Ball given. Is the Umpire sold out in a very secretive amount? @bcci @mipaltan @KKRiders #InsaafChahiye #2RunGhato #UmpireKoHatao

— Himanshu Maan (@HimanshuMaan4) May 9, 2018

shame on Umpire to give No Ball. Blinded Umpire. Poor IPL Umpairing.

— Sharfuddin Ahamed (@LiarZishan) May 9, 2018