WATCH: Disgraceful decision by TV umpire saves Devdutt Padikkal, leaves Rahul & Punjab fuming
A ridiculous error from the third umpire had social media and Punjab Kings fuming as Devdutt Padikkal was saved despite the use of technology and clear evidence that pointed to him being dismissed.
The incident occured in the eighth over of the RCB innings when Ravi Bishnoi was targetting Devdutt Padikkal’s fourth stump line. Recognising the line of attack, Padikkal went for a premeditated reverse sweep, but missed it entirely.
KL Rahul and Ravi Bishnoi were convinced of the outside edge on the sweep and immediately went upstairs when the on-field umpire declined the appeal.
Multiple replays played out on screen as the TV umpire, Krishnamachari Srinivasan, checked the DRS review by Punjab Kings. The snickometer clearly showed a small spike as the ball passed Padikkal’s glove and even as everyone expected the ‘OUT’ signal to pop up, the umpire conveyed that the TV umpire had declared it ‘NOT OUT’.
WATCH THE DRS REVIEW, THE REPLAYS AND THE TV UMPIRE CALLING IT NOT OUT
— Jabjabavas (@jabjabavas) October 3, 2021
Shocked by the decision, Rahul and Bishnoi went up to the umpires immediately, questioning the call when they, like the viewers, saw the clear spike on snicko.
The umpire refused to budge much to everyone’s shock and social media was rife with reactions as Padikkal survived the appeal and Punjab Kings lost a review.
Say the 3 magic words
3rd umpire: No BAT involved
— Alagappan Vijayakumar (@IndianMourinho) October 3, 2021
Whaaaaaaaaaat?
Ultra Edge showed a spike but the third umpire feels otherwise. https://t.co/cGLKMb9RBv
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) October 3, 2021
If ever there was a time to do a Shakib and throw the stumps down…..#RCBvsPBKS
— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) October 3, 2021
How was that NOT OUT? There's no chance that sound came off anything else. Ball was so close to the gloves..Snicko caught that noise too..The third umpire has some questions to answer now.#RCBvPBKS | #IPL2021
— Prasenjit Dey (@CricPrasen) October 3, 2021
Flat line? Whats happening?#IPL2021 #RCBvsPBKS
— Abhinav mukund (@mukundabhinav) October 3, 2021
That's up there with the worst DRS decisions ever #IPL2021 #RCBvPBKS
— Joma Cooper (@JomaCooper) October 3, 2021
Whole of dug out is riled up af man. Styris also says thats why you dont walk away
. Savage
— BALAJI (@deep_extracover) October 3, 2021
Out or not-out?
#RCBvPBKS #IPL2021 #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/Tc06vbrOjr
— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) October 3, 2021
Eh? What was that? Clear spike as ball passed glove! Wow… #RCBvsPBKS
— Kritika Naidu (@Kritzika) October 3, 2021
The shocked reaction on social media and the huge spike as the ball passed the bat made the decision a dubious one, leaving everyone in shock.