IPL 2020: Preity Zinta, Virender Sehwag Fume At Umpire’s Controversial “Short Run” Call
Chris Jordan was called for a short run by square-leg umpire Nitin Menon as he turned to take a second run at the striker’s end.
The DC vs KXIP IPL 2020 clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium had all the thrills and spills of a T20 game, all packed into one, and add to that it also had some controversy, which is threatening to boil over. Delhi Capitals beat Kings XI Punjab in a Super Over to get their IPL 2020 campaign off to a winning start, but did so by the skin of their teeth. Punjab threw away the match despite needing to score just a run off the final 3 balls. But that scenario wouldn’t have even come to fruition had the umpire not called Chris Jordan for a short run.
King XI Punjab co-proprietor and Bollywood entertainer Preity was not at all interested by the umpire’s dubious call and made her emotions known on Twitter.
Previous India cricketer Virender Sehwag too hammered the umpire for his choice and mockingly said that he ought to have been given the Man of the Match grant.
With Mayank Agarwal going incredible firearms, KXIP were left requiring 21 off the last 10 balls when Englishman Chris Jordan was required a short run by square-leg umpire Nitin Menon at the striker’s end.
One edge on TV replays indicated that Jordan had in truth hauled his bat over the line however regardless of that the first choice made by Menon to dock Punjab a run was not toppled.
That implied before the finish of the over, Kings XI Punjab required 13 runs off the last six balls and not 12. Mayank Agarwal crushed 12 runs off the initial three balls to bring the scores level however the match would have gotten done with Punjab winning with the three balls to save had the ‘short-run’ choice not been made.
At long last, Marcus Stoinis made a bunny appear out of nowhere, by bowling a spotted ball and lining it up with the wickets of Agarwal and Chris Jordan to send the match into a Super Over.
Delhi Capitals proceeded to dominate the game in the Super Over slow and steady after Punjab figured out how to score only two runs.
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