Mumbai, April 13: In a Twenty20 contest the game moves at a very rapid pace. There is very little time for players, umpires and even the fans to think.
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In such a scenario sometimes mistakes do happen. But last night was something bizarre. (MI Vs SRH: Poor umpiring comes into spotlight)
At Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium, during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 match between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad, two Indian umpires Nitin Menon and CK Nandan committed a big error. Third umpire Yeshwant Barde and match referee Manu Nayyar too did not alert their on-field colleagues.
Was it umpires mistake or the batsman cheated is debatable.
The incident in question is that of Hyderabad captain David Warner facing the first ball of an over when he had to be at non-striker's end.
Warner hit paceman Jasprit Bumrah for a boundary on the last ball of the sixth over. When the next over began it was Shikhar Dhawan's turn to face Mitchell McCleneghan but Warner took strike to the first ball and scored a single.
It was one of the rarest of rare sights on a cricket field. How did the umpires allow this? Or how did the batsman take strike? Was he not knowing?
Warner would have known that it was not his chance to face the first ball. How and why did he do it?
Agreed it was umpires job to stop that but why did Warner do it. He must have been aware of the rules and played in right spirit.
Hyderabad will surely not be getting many fair play points for this.
Former India opener Aakash Chopra spotted this incident on TV commentary and later tweeted. And some fans too were quick to point that out.
The debate on standard of Indian umpires will continue but what about Warner's move?
Warner played the last ball of the 6th over...hit a boundary. And then played the 1st ball of the 7th over. How on earth is that possible???
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 12, 2017
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