Delhi Capitals’ (DC) captain Rishabh Pant’s angry gesturing at the umpires and his batters to come off the field after the on-field umpire didn't call a no-ball for height after Rovman Powell hit Obed McCoy for three sixes in three balls as DC needed 36 runs in the last over.
While the DC camp led by Rishabh Pant seemed convinced that it should have been a no-ball, on-field umpires Nitin Menon and Nikhil Patwardhan adjudged it a fair delivery.
This left the DC camp highly agitated and a visibly upset Pant almost called the batters back to the dugout. The play had to be halted as some of the most dramatic visuals in IPL 2022 played out at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.
He even sent the team’s batting coach Pravin Amre to check with the umpires but to no avail.
These scenes led the fans on Twitter to be reminded of similar scenes during the IPL 2019 when then CSK captain MS Dhoni had a similar outburst and was seen in animated conversation with the on-field umpires over a waist no-ball decision.
The Twitterverse seemed to compare the two situations on the social media site.
MS Dhoni barging onto the field a couple of years ago wasn’t right, and neither was what Rishabh Pant/Pravin Amre did last night. Bad precedents. Umpires are in the sport for a reason and their call needs to be respected, irrespective. #IPL#IPL2022