BAN vs SL | Twitter abuzz as Nagin rivalry reignites with bizarre umpiring howler
There are great rivalries in the sporting realm and then there is Bangladesh and Sri Lanka indulging in a series of cricketing exchanges. Wednesday’s clash in Sylhet saw a new addition to the saga when the TV umpire overturned a clear on-field decision of 'out' that flummoxed the visitors.
On the first ball of the fourth over, Binura Fernando came over the wicket and dished a back-of-a-length delivery into Soumya Sarkar who went for the pull. However, the southpaw failed to connect and got an under edge on the ball enroute to the wicketkeeper and the on-field umpire signaled out. With the non-striker’s suggestion, Soumya went upstairs for the review.
The TV umpire, Masadur Rahman Mukul, observed the Ultraedge footage and the big screen displayed a spike in the graph almost simultaneously with the ball kissing the inside edge of the willow. However, according to the third umpire, the edge came a frame after the Kookaburra had passed the bat’s edge and hence he asked the on-field umpire, SIS Saikat, to overturn the original decision. The final verdict stunned the Sri Lankan camp and the likes of Angelo Mathews, Maheesh Theekshana, Sadeera Samarawickrama, and Kusal Mendis, led by skipper Charith Asalanka, immediately surrounded the on-field umpires and hounded him with cries of disgust and astonishment. However, as the third umpire’s verdict was the final call the Lankan players had no other option but to resume proceedings.
When Soumya Sarkar eventually holed out af ew overs later, Asalanka was quick to rush to the umpire and give him an earful, thereby sending the Twitterverse into a frenzy.
When eye doctors on vacation!
DRAMA! Clear noise > on-field umpire signals out > review taken > 3rd umpire rules not out despite UltraEdge!
— FanCode (@FanCode) March 6, 2024
Bangladesh-Sri Lanka always throws up a controversy 😶
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.#BANvsSL #FanCode pic.twitter.com/8hH9i65SD6
What's that bradhar!! Uuhgghhhhhhhhhhhhhh....
Only the umpire knew that the Batsman farted at that exact moment to get that spike... Chill guys..
— SinnerMan (@LankanRealist) March 6, 2024
Benefit of the fart goes to the batsman...#SLvsBan #Cricket pic.twitter.com/JAYSIH6QhO
Lucky guy on planet!
Soumya Sarkar was "actually walking out". Proof? Or just shoddy journalism?
— Superconsciousness(Ω) (@MahmudZees86763) March 6, 2024
What kinda decision is this?
"Another day, another chapter of DRAMA in Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka! Clear noise, on-field umpire signals out, review taken, UltraEdge shows something, but wait for it... 3rd umpire says NOT OUT! 🤯 Controversy brewing yet again in this intense clash! 😶 pic.twitter.com/q0F8mu3LU8
— Hemant ( Sports Active ) (@hemantbhavsar86) March 6, 2024
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
You can’t really tell without the video but sometimes the pads hitting each other as the batter steps forward can cause a spike on ultra edge
— Ant (@M0kujin) March 6, 2024
What is the spike for?
I think the frames are too far apart to conclude that. The spike being to the left of UltraEdge suggests the noise came between the two frames as well
— Ben Gardner (@Ben_Wisden) March 6, 2024
The previous frame pic.twitter.com/SgJLbjxU07
LOL!
The illiterate Bangladeshi TV umpire should be given proper training on how to read an ultra edge. @ICC pls adopt a points rating system for umpires and make it public.#BANvSL https://t.co/QQALrX4RmF
— Udendra (@udendra) March 6, 2024
Very very poor!
very poor that . guy has no idea how ultra edge works
— Cricket Tamizhan (@CricketTamizhan) March 6, 2024
Can't watch cricket like this!
Terrible third umpiring. Ultra edge shows a spike though it shows ball did not touch bat while it was passing. Then what about the spike, some prob with DRS I guess. Soumya lucky, he almost did a Tawhid Hridoy thing. No, he should have been given out.
— Nasreen🧕🇧🇩 (@NA__SR__EEN3) March 6, 2024
It is for sure!
Clearly spike visible it was out ...
— Venu (@venuk2460) March 6, 2024
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