The 61st match of the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League is currently underway, where former champions Sunrisers Hyderabad are taking on two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders. During the first innings of the match, T Natarajan picked up the wicket of Rinku Singh, but the activity of the umpire during that dismissal has caught everyone’s attention on social media.
Speaking about the match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Kolkata Knight Riders, KKR captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bat first at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. KKR lost the wicket of Venkatesh Iyer early, but the duo of Ajinkya Rahane and Nitish Rana built a good partnership of 48 runs for the second wicket.
Express fast bowler Umran Malik broke the second-wicket partnership by dismissing Rana when he was on 26 runs. Soon after, Rahane joined him in the dressing room as Malik dismissed him caught out as well. Captain Shreyas Iyer followed them to the pavilion as well. Umran dismissed Iyer for the second time in this season.
The action continued in the middle, with new batters Rinku Singh and Sam Billings trying to build a partnership for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Singh has played well in this season, but he failed to make an impact in the do-or-die match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad tonight. He lost his wicket LBW to T Natarajan after scoring only five runs for his team.
T Natarajan bowled an excellent yorker to dismiss Rinku Singh
Natarajan went for 18 runs in his first over during the powerplay overs. He was taken out of the attack and re-introduced ahead of the 12th over. On the third ball of the 12th over, Natarajan executed a fine yorker which hit straight to Rinku Singh’s shoe.
It looked like a plumb LBW, but the umpire took quite some time before raising his finger. Here’s how fans on Twitter reacted to that incident:
This umpire almost did what that umpire does to Ishant Sharma in that ad😂 Ivvu saami!
— Rahul Ravindran (@23_rahulr) May 14, 2022
Rinku Singh after being given out, wanted to take the DRS, but the 15 seconds were over. pic.twitter.com/F1xh5ffsTm
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 14, 2022
It was fault of communication gap between Rinku and Billings
— Utsav (@utsav__45) May 14, 2022
Anyways it was plumb
Delayed decision from the umpire but Natarajan gets his man!
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA) May 14, 2022
Drama though with Rinku Singh wanting a review and being told he's too late
94-5 #KKRvsSRH
Umpire be like :- Time Up's Sir, Time Up pic.twitter.com/PgO1bJXc87
— Divyansh khanna (@meme_lord2663) May 14, 2022
Looks like Rinku didn't see the umpire's decision, which in and of itself obviously came late, and was waiting for the opposition to take the review.
— Gopu Rajasekar A (@GopuRajasekarA1) May 14, 2022
Where did these umpires come from💀
— Dhanush (@Dhanush747) May 14, 2022
There was a powercut of timer for Rinku Singh. #IPL
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) May 14, 2022
Dale Steyn's reaction to the late call of Rinku Singh's wicket🔥#DaleSteyn #IPL #IPL2022 #Cricket #KKRvSRH #KKRvsSRH #Cricket #CricketWinner pic.twitter.com/q8PoABZOxw
— Cricket Winner (@cricketwinner_) May 14, 2022
T Natarajan dismissed Rinku Singh with a brilliant Yorker. KKR now lost their 5 wicket.#IPL2022 #KKRvsSRH pic.twitter.com/7X3HcwfODC
— Rahul Choudhary (@Rahulc7official) May 14, 2022
Another controversy in #IPL2022 #Rinkusingh denied DRS by Umpires as they felt he didn't reviewed it in 15 Sec, but Rinku and Billings kept on arguing that they Reviewed it! #SRHvKKR #KKRvSRH #rinkusingh #IPL #DRS pic.twitter.com/jqZLxOgmiY
— Apoorv mishra (@anchor_apoorv) May 14, 2022
