Twitter reacts to Mohammed Shami's look of disbelief after umpire makes joke of LBW rule

After creating a couple of chances in his first over, by solely moving the ball off the seam, Mohammed Shami looked the most threatening bowler for India in the first powerplay and almost came close to picking a wicket in the fourth over. But close is only close and never the bottom line but it seemed like the umpire was a big India fan.

On the fourth ball of the fourth over, Shami bowled a good length delivery which moved just enough to wrap on Henry Nicholls’ pads. The Kiwi opener wanted to go for the flick but the bounce strangled him and forced him to check his shot at the last second. As the ball struck his thigh and flew straight to the man at gully, Indian fielders, including Shami, had a mild appeal for the dismissal. 

While no one was serious about it, Langton Rusere, for reasons only known to him, raised his finger to sign the end of Nicholls’ tenure on the ground for the day. He was least concerned about the bounce and Shami knew that he was just lucky to be on the right side of the result. He had a picture of disdain on his face, not quite a picture of an individual who just took a wicket. As expected, Nicholls went for the review and the replay confirmed that the ball was indeed over a foot over the stumps.

It was going miles over the wicket

Horrible decision

Poor umpiring

Can't believe that decision

Rahul can do anything