Duleep Trophy | Twitter reacts to animated Iyer refusing to accept DRS decision after Patidar's escape
All it can take at times is a modicum of fortune to swing cricket matches either way, a destiny Shreyas Iyer was desperate to avoid on Friday. The India D skipper was adamant that there was no edge when Rajat Patidar was trapped in front by Axar Patel, even though DRS ruled in the batter's favour.
āIndia C seemed to be cruising along to victory on Day 3 of the Duleep Trophy opener against India D at Anantapur, needing just 80 runs to win with eight wickets still in hand in the second session. Rajat Patidar and Aryan Juyal felt comfortable out in the middle, their partnership well past the half-century mark and inching closer to a ton. However, the game situation could have turned out to be starkly different hadĀ theĀ umpire sided with the Shreyas Iyer-led bowling side at a crucial juncture in the first session.
India D had managed to scalp both openers Sai Sudharsan and Ruturaj Gaikwad in relatively quick succession agfter an opening stand of 64 to bring themselves back into the contest while defending 243. Iyer took the opportunity to introduce Axar into the attack against the freshly arrived Rajat and the decision appeared to pay dividendsĀ ultimately when the left-arm spinnerĀ trapped Patidar in front of the stumps in the 22nd over. The right-handed batter hadĀ missed the line as the ball drifted in with the angle from around the stump but much to his fortune, the umpire refused to send him walking for a scoure of four given there had been two noises as the ball had hit the pad.Ā Nevertheless, Iyer was confident they had their man and sent the decision upstairs where replays showed that the red cherry hadĀ struck the pad and inside edge of the willow almost simultaneously, rendering ultra edge rather menaingless. AfterĀ analyzing all relevant angles carefully, the TV umpire eventually came to the decision that there was no gap between bat and ball, thus staying with the on-field decision.
IyerĀ could not believe what had transpired as he walked to the umpires on the field and asked for justification. The Indian star even went so far as to shadow the incident to explain why the ball could not have hit the bat but his pleas fell on deaf ears, much to Twitterati's amusement.
Fight
ā Gill Bill (@bill_gill76078)Ā September 7, 2024
Easy
Shreyas Iyer would have been an easy pick for ICT 11 over KLR if not for Nahid Rana and Taskin Ahmed
ā LammySir (@arjunfc001)Ā September 7, 2024
Interesting
Fielders with Most Catches for India Since 2021
ā Nilesh Biswas (@NileshBiswas18)Ā September 7, 2024
72 - Rohit Sharma
62 - Virat Kohli/Suryakumar
57 - Shubman Gill
39 - Shreyas Iyer
30 - Hardik Pandya/Axar Patel#RohitSharmašµĀ #ViratKohlišµĀ #SKYĀ #ShubmanGillĀ #ShreyasIyerĀ #AxarPatelĀ #HardikPandyaĀ #DuleepTrophy2024Ā #GOAT
Aggressive mode
Shreyas Iyer in aggressive mode is a treat to watch. š„¶š„µĀ pic.twitter.com/1Efk5Ttn4G
ā Pick-up Shot (@96ShreyasIyer)Ā September 7, 2024
Couldn't convert
Shubman Gill 25
ā Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991)Ā September 7, 2024
Riyan Parag 30
KL Rahul 37
Ruturaj Gaikwad 46
Sai Sudharsan 22
Shreyas Iyer 54
Most of them got the start but failed to make it big, when it comes to Test cricket and when you are set, you need to make it big. Otherwise it feels like a waste of start.Ā pic.twitter.com/dXlmvAksGr
Stunning spell
"STUNNING SPELL! š¤© Manav Suthar wreaks havoc with 7/49 as India D bowled out for 236! š India C, led by Shreyas Iyer's brisk fifty, need 233 runs to win! š Can they chase it down? š¤Ā #ManavSutharĀ #IndiaCĀ #Cricket#DuleepTrophyĀ pic.twitter.com/zdJ3BAnFve
ā Mahf R (@Mahesh2115)Ā September 7, 2024
True
Apart from shreyas iyer none of the white ball n red ball NT regulars r playing well in first duleep trophy match, are they actually interested or it's just to please authorities for bcci contractĀ #DuleepTrophy2024
ā Shashank reddy (@Shawshank_reddy)Ā September 7, 2024
Poetry in motion
Rajat pattidar when in flow is poetry in motion š#DuleepTrophyĀ #DuleepTrophy2024
ā Shikhar (@farziTyler)Ā September 7, 2024
Yup
Looks like India C is winning š¦¾#DuleepTrophy
ā ššš»š»š²šæāļø (@GunRoasterr)Ā September 7, 2024
Well played
Very Well played Rajat patidar and Aryan juyal important partnership together.#DuleepTrophyĀ pic.twitter.com/vlc7TT7qfy
ā JassPreet (@JassPreet96)Ā September 7, 2024
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