IPL 2021: Out or Not out? Cricket fraternity reacts to Rahul Tripathi's controversial catch of KL Rahul

The third umpire deemed that the catch wasn't taken cleanly and adjudged KL Rahul not out.

By Salman Anjum - 02 Oct, 2021

Rahul Tripathi's stunning attempt in the 19th over | BCCI/IPL Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Friday (October 1) registered a nervy five-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to keep their IPL 2021 playoffs hopes alive.

While the match saw some fine performances from players of both sides, a controversial decision from the third umpire hogged all the limelight.

During the penultimate over of Punjab’s innings, Rahul Tripathi dived forward to take a fine catch of KL Rahul but the third umpire deemed that the catch wasn't taken cleanly and adjudged it not out.

The decision prompted outrage on social media as people in the cricket fraternity felt that the Knight Riders were hard done by the TV umpire Anil Dandekar.

Dunno about you but the catch that Rahul took looked OUT to me. I thought the removal of soft-signal would get more clarity but on this occasion, it led to confusion. 3D sport. 2D pictures. #KKR ##PBKSvKKR
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 1, 2021

That was a catch for me by Rahul Tripathi. #KKR #IPL2021 #KKRvPBKS
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) October 1, 2021

Fingers under the ball. #KKRvPBKS
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) October 1, 2021

A thread on the soft signal. When they did away with the soft signal, this was a scenario waiting to unfold. You have to balance the inexact judgement of an umpire's soft signal for a catch in the deep with the fact that it will always be ruled not out on a reply. (1/n)
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 1, 2021

Coming to the match, KKR posted a competitive total of 165/7 on the board after being asked to bat first. Opener Venkatesh Iyer was the top scorer with 49-ball 67 while Rahul Tripathi (34 off 26 balls) and Nitish Rana (31 off 18 balls) also made handy contributions with the bat.

For Punjab Kings, Arshdeep Singh (3-32), Ravi Bishnoi (2-22), and Mohammad Shami (1-23) starred with the ball.

In reply, Rahul played a gusty knock of 55-ball 67 while Sharukh Khan smashed 22* off 9 balls as PBKS chased the target with three balls to spare.

IPL 2021: Out or Not out? Cricket fraternity reacts to Rahul Tripathi's controversial catch of KL Rahul

The third umpire deemed that the catch wasn't taken cleanly and adjudged KL Rahul not out.

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