It’s been a bizarre ODI game until now!
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With the number 1 and number 2 ODI teams facing off against each other, one had expected a more balanced and competitive contest, but that wasn’t the case to be.
And while that might have frustrated the neutral cricketing fan(and the South African fans too), something more frustrating took place when the umpires called for Lunch despite India needing just 2 runs to win.
Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan were cruising along, after Rohit Sharma departed due to mistiming a short ball from Rabada.
As South Africa were bowled out in just 32.2 overs, the Indian team had enough time to knock off those 118 runs, and with India batting at a run-a-ball, the umpires provided the Indian side with a 15 minute extension to complete the run-chase.
However, India fell short by 2 runs and the umpires asked the players to go off for Lunch, much to the surprise of Virat Kohli, was absolutely caught off guard with the decision of the umpires, as it would have taken maybe just a ball to complete the formalities.
With no rain in the atmosphere, this decision of the umpires can be laughed at, but if rain would have been around, Kohli and India would not have gone off the field without a fight, as South Africa had just bowled 19 overs and you need at least 20 overs to constitute a 50 over game.
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