Yesterday, the IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab faced an unprecedented and witty situation at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The match came to a brief halt after the 14th over of RCB’s innings.
And, the reason will chuckle you. The umpire asked, ‘Where’s the ball?’. Later, bowler and the batsmen in unison asked the same but no one on the field could track the ball. It all started when KXIP pacer Ankit Rajpoot asked his teammates to pass the ball in order to bowl the 15th over. But, no one finds the ball.
Skipper Ravichandran Ashwin came towards the field umpire, Shamshuddin, to quiz him over the missing ball. Unfortunately, the umpire, too, was at a loss of words. Later, the second umpire, Bruce Oxenford joined the scene and the fourth umpire came running onto the field with a box of new balls.
However, commentators, who were watching the entire scene in amusement generated humour out of it. The mystery solved when replay moment showed that umpire Shamshuddin was caught on camera pocketing the ball during the strategic break.
Watching the replay, the umpire realized and promptly returned the ball to Ankit Rajpoot. Netizens found the hilarity to be extreme and started with their funny updates. One user called it similar to Gully cricket and another user calls the umpire a magician.
