Gautam Gambhir slams third umpire after Rahul Tripathi’s disallowed catch vs PBKS: That was a shocker

IPL 2021: Gautam Gambhir and Graeme Swann slammed the third umpire for not giving his resolution in favour of KKR when Rahul Tripathi caught PBKS captain KL Rahul on the mid-wicket fence at an important time in Match 45 on Friday. Third umpire gave this not out despite the fact that it appeared Tripathi had obtained his fingers beneath the ball (Courtesy of BCCI)HIGHLIGHTSRahul Tripathi’s disallowed catch of KL Rahul raised just a few eyebrows after Match 45The resolution discovered few takers with Graeme Swann and Gautam Gambhir each criticising the third umpireKKR skipper Eoin Morgan felt that Tripathi’s catch seemed authentic in actual timeFormer Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir and ex-England spinner Graeme Swann slammed the third umpire in Match 45 of the Indian Premier League after he gave not out to an important catch by Rahul Tripathi throughout Punjab Kings’ run chase in Dubai.

The match went all the way down to the wire as PBKS chased down 166 with 3 balls to spare and 5 wickets in hand because of a captain’s knock from KL Rahul. But the end result may have been totally different had the third umpire deemed Rahul Tripathi’s catch as authorized which might have seen the again of Rahul with Punjab needing 11 from 9 balls.The controversial second occurred within the nineteenth over when Rahul hooked a brief supply from Shivam Mavi in the direction of the mid-wicket boundary. Rahul Tripathi, who was stationed on the boundary line by Eoin Morgan, ran in to take the catch whereas diving ahead.KKR vs PBKS, IPL 2021: Highlights | OutcomeTripathi began celebrating however the on-field umpires referred it upstairs. The third umpire, after taking a look at a number of replays, gave it not out despite the fact that it appeared like Tripathi had obtained his fingers beneath the ball with out it touching the bottom.The resolution nonetheless, discovered few takers with Swann and Gambhir each criticising the third umpire after the match.”That was the worst piece of third umpiring I have ever seen,” Swann mentioned on Star Sports’ post-match present.Gambhir additionally echoed Swann’s sentiments. “That was a shocker, this can end someone’s campaign. He shouldn’t have seen the replay more than once, it just looked out. Even if they had got KL Rahul out, things would have been different. We cannot have these kinds of shockers in the IPL,” Gambhir mentioned on the identical present.KKR skipper Eoin Morgan felt that Tripathi’s catch seemed out in actual time.“I thought in real-time that the Tripathi catch was out. But when you slow it down, the third umpire decides otherwise. We got on with it once he made his call,” he mentioned after the sport.Rahul obtained the reprieve and went on to attain 67 off 55 balls and assist earn 2 essential factors for PBKS, who moved over Mumbai Indians to be positioned fifth with 10 factors. They will subsequent play Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday at Sharjah.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.