Gloves Controversy Heats Up as Hardik Pandyas Action Raises Questions

Hardik Pandya is now under the scanner for changing gloves twice in an over. It happened in the 12th over, as Pandya changed his gloves in front of the umpires. This incident takes place just a day after Tristan Stubbs was denied changing his gloves in the game.

The IPL 2026 has now been surrounded with controversy, and it is related to gloves change. It might sound small to the fans who have not watched the last two games of the tournament. Recently in the match between MI and RCB, Hardik Pandya changed his gloves twice in the middle of an over.

It happened in the 11th over, when the match stopped for a while with Hardik Pandya changing his gloves. As soon as this moment was recorded on the camera, fans watching the game on their televisions went furious for the same. Just a day before in the clash between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings, Tristan Stubbs also wanted to change his gloves.

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But the umpires denied Nitish Rana from entering the field, causing a confrontation between the both of them. Stubbs was dismissed and he was unhappy for not receiving the gloves when he wanted. Now with Hardik Pandya changing gloves in the middle of an over, a debate has erupted all over the internet.

Our Take

The call of the umpires is being questioned by the fans to a huge extent. While Tristan Stubbs wasn't allowed to change his gloves, Hardik Pandya was able to change them twice in the same over. Even the commentators were shocked on the same, with Faf du Plessis putting his words against the same. It remains to be seen how the IPL Code of Conduct would be acting on this incident. In the case of Delhi Capitals, Nitish Rana was fined for using obscene language with the umpires in his argument.