Delhi Capitals suffered a close defeat to Rajasthan Royals in a high-scoring thriller on Friday at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Chasing a mammoth target of 223 runs, Delhi were restricted to 207/8 and lost the match by 15 runs. However, the match also witnessed some strong dissent from the Delhi Capitals camp in the final over when DC needed 36 runs from the last over and Powell slammed the first three balls for sixes. The third ball was a full toss and the DC camp led by Pant wanted the umpire to check it for the no-ball.
The match was halted for some time as Delhi Capitals camp was forcing the on-field umpires to check the no-ball through the third-umpire. Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler went to talk with Pant about the incident but left the conversation with some disappointment on his face. Delhi Capitals were playing without Ricky Ponting in the dugout as his family member has tested positive for COVID-19 as he has been under isolation.
While Pant even sent assistant coach Pravin Amre into the middle to talk to the umpires but they didn’t change their decision.
The fans had some mixed reactions to the incident as they even compare that to MS Dhoni’s when he entered the ground in IPL 2022 due to the same controversy and interestingly that match was also against RR.
1st ever declaration in T20 by Rishabh Pant 🤣
Pant on fire 🔥🥵
But that is clearly no ball 😏#Pant #Powell #RRvsDC #DCvRR #RishabhPant #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/uTviM6jaAc— Nara Akhil Chowdhury (@prabhas_mania17) April 22, 2022
