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‘Third Class Umpiring’ PBKS Fans Enraged As TV Umpire Makes Biggest Howler Of IPL 2021
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Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings by six runs in a close encounter and became the third team to book a place in the playoffs of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021).
Glenn Maxwell once again scored a match-winning fifty, blasting a 33-ball 57, on a slow and spinning track in Sharjah as RCB posted a competitive total of 164/7 in their 20 overs.
In reply, PBKS came close, thanks to a Mayank Agarwal half-century, but fell six short of the total.
.@RCBTweets march into #VIVOIPL Playoffs!
The @imVkohli-led unit beat #PBKS by 6 runs & become the third team to reach the playoffs. #RCBvPBKS
Scorecard https://t.co/0E5ehhSWRx pic.twitter.com/IHn4PanHwX
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 3, 2021
However, the biggest point during the game was not how players performed but the shocking umpiring decision that left KL Rahul and the whole cricket fraternity, including fans and experts, fuming.
In the eighth over of the RCB innings, their opener Devdutt Padikkal tried to reverse-sweep a Ravi Bishnoi delivery but the ball went past his gloves but the on-field umpire K Ananthapadmanabhan turned down their strong caught-behind appeal.
Out or not-out? #SaddaPunjab #IPL2021 #PunjabKings #RCBvPBKS pic.twitter.com/Syr3niKICZ
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) October 3, 2021
The PBKS players were confident and Rahul immediately sent the decision upstairs, hoping the use of technology would confirm their claim and force the on-field umpire to correct the initial decision.
However, what transpired in the next few minutes enraged everyone as they saw the third umpire make a “third-class umpiring” decision.
The ultra-edge showed a clear spike as the ball went past Padikkal’s gloves but the TV umpire K Srinivasan didn’t find this evidence conclusive enough to overturn the original decision and asked the on-field umpire to stay with his original decision.
Watching the replay play out on the big screen, the PBKS skipper was clearly miffed with the TV umpire’s shocking decision and he even had a long heated argument with the on-field umpire.
— Maqbool (@im_maqbool) October 3, 2021
The umpiring howler soon created a storm on social media, with fans and experts slamming the atrocious umpiring in strong words. Former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris even demanded that the match official should be sacked immediately for making the biggest umpiring mistake of recent times.
“Sack the 3rd umpire immediately. What a joke!” tweeted the former Kiwi all-rounder, who is part of the official commentary panel.
Sack the 3rd umpire immediately #SelectDugout
What a joke!
— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris) October 3, 2021
“Terrible umpiring, mistakes like that is unforgivable with so much technology and help these days!” wrote former India opener Krishnamachari Srikkanth.
Terrible umpiring, mistakes like that is unforgivable with so much technology and help these days! #RCBvsPBKS #IPL2021
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth) October 3, 2021
How was that Not Out??? #Devdutt #IPL2021 #RCBvPBKD
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 3, 2021
Who trains umpires in India? Why have they been so incompetent for so many years, with the odd exception. How can they not be properly trained for a tournament as big as the IPL? Just baffles me. #IPL2021 #RCBvPBKS
— Raunak Kapoor (@RaunakRK) October 3, 2021
Every year, the IPL governing council takes steps to eliminate the number of umpiring howlers making the optimum use of technology. However, every year we come across one or two terrible umpiring decisions that bring shame to the competition.
This year, the IPL governing council decided to do away with the ‘soft signal’ call from the on-field umpires and left it upon the TV umpire to decide on close decisions using the technology.
Third class umpiring from third umpire#RCBvsPBKS #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/VKa6T7blrB
— Kunal Yadav (@kunaalyaadav) October 3, 2021
Third class umpiring or just favouring….. #RCBvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/8JGbVTNVog
— jaspreet singh gill (@jaspreetgill96) October 3, 2021
Worst umpiring this year#RCBvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/ho3tCb0cp7
— Naresh (@itsNaresh555) October 3, 2021
I am a RCB fans but clearly it was out..
Poor umpiring by field umpires & third umpire..#RCBvsPBKS #Umpire pic.twitter.com/8w8TknML0i
— We want 2016’s Kohli (@Owajib_18) October 3, 2021
#PBKSvsRCB
Wtf! That was not out? Clearly there was showing a spike. Rubbish umpiring @BCCI @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/lY1sSq4hdR
— Gautam sharma (@Gautamsharma_12) October 3, 2021
The fact that even RCB supporters were shocked with the decision after watching the replay shows just how terrible of a mistake it was.
This was not a one-off incident, we saw another controversial decision a few days ago during a game between PBKS and Kolkata Knight Riders.
The Punjab-based outfit might feel cheated against RCB but a few days back their skipper had benefited from a controversial call when the TV umpire adjudged him not out at a crucial juncture and they ended up winning the match.
The BCCI has always provided the match officials with the best technology available out there but the truth is, barring a few exceptions, the quality of Indian umpires is very poor. That was the reason why there was no Indian umpire in ICC’s elite panel list for so many years.
The most followed cricket league in the world can’t afford to have such poor standards of umpiring as it damages the image of the whole competition. The only way to overcome this challenge is by spending more time and money on training the umpires before handing them such high-profile games where the whole world is watching.
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