Umpire is sleeping,’ Twitter fumes after KL Rahul departs off no-ball in India vs Pakistan clash

Several Twitter users were expressed their anger and shared images of the high-decibel match showing Pakistani pacer Shaheen Afridi dismissing opener KL Rahul during the India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup clash in Dubai on Sunday.

The Pakistani pacer had given a major jolt to Team India by dismissing openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul in qick successions in just two overs in the start of the game.

It emerged that Afridi had overstepped on the delivery he castled Rahul for 3, as per some images which surfaced on the social media platform, leading to confusion which left several Twitter users dejected.

After being put in to bat, Team India got off to the worst start possible. Opener Rohit Sharma was trapped LBW on 0 by Shaheen Afridi in the first over. He was gone for a golden duck. In his next over, Afridi then removed KL Rahul on 3 by disturbing his timber.

At 4, Suryakuamr Yadav played a few shots and got the scoreboard ticking but in the 6th over, he was also dismissed by Hasan Ali.

Eventually, India reached 36/3 after the Powerplay. In the next four overs, India scored 24 to keep the run-rate up. Thanks to Rishabh Pant upping the ante and Kohli playing second fiddle, India began their comeback. Rishabh Pant hit a 30-ball 39, which included two fours and two sixes, before getting dismissed by Shadab Khan.

Kohli, who was holding the fort for his team, completed his half century, and played some brilliant shots to give India a final flourish in the company of Ravindra Jadeja after 17.1 overs.

Pakistani skipper Babar Azam had earlier won the toss and elected to bowl against India in a Super 12 match in Dubai.

Captain Virat Kohli left out Ravichandran Ashwin, Rahul Chahar, Shardul Thakur and Ishan Kishan from the playing XI, with Varun Chakaravarthy making the line-up.

India: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi.