New Delhi. The huge changes in the position of IPL teams, the surprise performances of the young players and the long sixes of the power hitters are loved by the people. But in the match between Mumbai and Chennai on Thursday, there was such an incident which was never seen before today and which raised questions on the IPL management of BCCI, what was that incident and how CSK had to bear the brunt of it. . Actually, in the match held on Thursday, Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians defeated Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets. But the reason for this was not the poor performance of any player but the temporary break on DRS. Yes, at least on social media, this is what people are saying because a technical fault at the very beginning of the match changed the course of the entire match. In the very first over of the match, Daniel Sams of Mumbai dismissed CSK’s Devon Conway LBW. The second ball of Chennai’s innings hit Conway’s pad and the umpire immediately raised the finger.
Conway wanted to take the review but the DRS facility was not available due to a technical fault. Replays showed that the ball was missing the leg-stump. In such a situation, the absence of DRS was very heavy for Chennai. Rituraj Gaikwad standing on non-strike also got into the controversy. Rituraj clearly saw the line of the ball and was sure Conway was not out. The helplessness was clearly visible on Conway’s face as he slowly returned to the pavilion after getting out. Sams then dismissed Moeen Ali on the fourth ball of the over.
After this, when Jasprit Bumrah got Robin Uthappa out LBW on the fourth ball of the second over. At that time also DRS was not available, however, at first glance, Uthappa looked out. Had DRS been there, Uthappa could also have taken a review. After some time DRS became available. Then Sams got Gaikwad caught by wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan on the first ball of his third over.
This match was very important for Chennai Super Kings, if they had won then at least the hope of moving forward would have been alive. Everyone knows that BCCI spends thousands of crores in organizing IPL. This is the biggest and most expensive cricket league in the world. In such a situation, the non-availability of DRS due to power cut during the match also raises many questions on BCCI. CSK could not recover after the wicket of Devon Conway, who had scored 3 consecutive half-centuries in the tournament. A lot of reactions are coming out on social media regarding this whole incident.
If we talk about the match, after losing the toss, batting first, CSK’s team was all out on the score of 97 runs in 16 overs. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored the highest unbeaten 36 runs. Daniel Sams took 3 wickets for Mumbai, in response, Mumbai’s innings faltered in the beginning, but eventually achieved the target by losing 5 wickets in 14.5 overs. Mumbai won the match but BCCI has to ensure that no team or player has to suffer due to power cut or any technical fault in any future match.