IPL 2024: Controversy Erupts in IPL as Umpire's Decision Denies Rishabh Pant's DRS, Leading to Sunil Narine's Dismissal
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) player Sunil Narine performed brilliantly with the bat in the ongoing game against Delhi Capitals (DC). Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 16th Match Dr. YS Rajasekhar Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Sunil Narine, who opened the innings, made sure to set the stage on fire by topping his brilliant innings. He showed no mercy to the Delhi Capitals bowlers and made sure he got his team off to a flying start with the bat. Sunil Narine made the Delhi Capitals bowlers look clueless and smashed the bowlers all over the park. The Rishabh Pant-led team seemed to have no answer to the all-rounder's carnage as every ball they bowled went out of the park in Visakhapatnam.
However, Delhi Capitals removed him early in his innings, but the umpire took away his review as the batsman continued to bat. This cost the Rishabh Pant-led side a big time in the game as the Kolkata Knight Riders batsman played a brutal innings for his side. It was during the 4th ball of the 4th over when Ishant Sharma bowled a good length ball short off Sunil Narine. The batter went for a wild slog as the ball went close to the bat on the way back to keeper Rishabh Pant. Rishabh Pant made a late call for DRS. Although he had 1 second left, the umpire did not allow the keeper-batter to review. Replays later showed that the batter had hit the ball and if the umpire had allowed them to review, DC would have had their man.
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At that time, Sunil Narayan was batting by scoring 24 runs in 13 balls. The opening batsman then brought out his beast mode and played some crisp shots in his innings. He scored 85 runs off 39 balls and with a strike rate of 218. He hit 7 fours and 7 sixes in his innings. Sunil Narine's innings made Kolkata Knight Riders a total of 272 runs. Apart from that, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (54), Andre Russell (41), and Rinku Singh (26) played important innings with the bat. For Delhi Capitals, Ishant Sharma was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 2/43, with Enrich Northje also picking up two wickets.
Chasing Delhi Capitals (DC) got off to a poor start with the bat
In the ongoing match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals had a stormy start to their innings with the bat. The Shreyas Iyer-led team has been on top of the game with the ball and has taken 4 quick wickets from the opposition at Visakhapatnam.