Twitter reactions on Krunal Pandya dismissing Daryl Mitchell: Twitter was left confused with the umpire’s unusual decision.
During the second T20I of the ongoing India’s tour of New Zealand at Auckland, India all-rounder Krunal Pandya’s dismissal of New Zealand middle-order batsman Daryl Mitchell created a lot of uncertainty and furore.
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The convolution happened on the last delivery of the sixth over when Krunal Pandya found Mitchell wanting in front of the stumps. After the on-field umpire ruled the decision in the bowler’s favour, Mitchell opted for DRS (Decision Review System) after consultation with his captain Kane Williamson.
Replays confirmed a huge spot on Hotspot as the ball passed the bat. With the pad nowhere near the bat, the mark was supposed to be from the bat. However, third umpire Shaun Baig soon ruled the decision in India’s favour after the ball tracking showed three reds.
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Unsure of what had happened in the middle, Williamson and Mitchell were next seen talking about the dismissal with the umpires and India captain Rohit Sharma and wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
To his misfortune, Mitchell ended up walking back to the pavilion after scoring 1 (2). With Krunal Pandya already sending back New Zealand opening batsman Colin Munro (12) in the same over, another dismissal saw the hosts being reduced to 43-3 in the powerplay.
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— Baahubali (@bahubalikabadla) February 8, 2019
Earlier, Williamson had won the toss and chose to bat. Both the teams had announced an unchanged playing XI for the second T20I. The dismissal invited numerous reactions on social media platform Twitter. Read some of them below:
On #CricbuzzCommBox @ImZaheer makes a valid point about the 3rd umpire needing to have overwhelming evidence to over-rule the on-field umpire. Question is: if one mechanism is at conflict with the other, does he have overwhelming evidence to go against the on-field umpire.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 8, 2019
Harsha, I didn’t see this particular incident but if there is a conflict between two technologies, the TV umpire also gets to listen to audio and they ensure that they have that turned up very loud in the TV umpire’s headset, so that also helps them cross-check
— Hemant (@hemantbuch) February 8, 2019
While there was a clear mark on Hotspot, the spike on RTS was after ball passed bat, and apparently RTS is the more reliable tech. So the third umpire was confused to a degree, but once he’s reached his decision, farcical for NZ & the on-field umps to drag it on! #NZvIND
— Raunak Kapoor (@RaunakRK) February 8, 2019
Should that lbw decision have been overturned?
#NZvIND https://t.co/VB4pWCVVJ9 pic.twitter.com/jIzNDSlUka
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) February 8, 2019
I can understand if the 3rd umpire says the two resolution methods are in conflict and so I will go with the on-field decision. But he doesn’t say that. https://t.co/cJ8l5wnrcl
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 8, 2019
One big takeaway from this series is that India’s domestic umpires aren’t the worst lot around. #NZvIND
— Raunak Kapoor (@RaunakRK) February 8, 2019
And to make it worse. NZ have lost the review too. EPIC 😱 https://t.co/wjCXw4nl3a
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 8, 2019
ICC’s head of operations, Geoff Allardice in 2013-
“3rd umpire will look at spin vision replay, then go to HotSpot. If there’s a mark on HotSpot he’ll go out. That’s conclusive evidence straight away. RTS will be used only if there’s no mark on HotSpot”#darylmitchell #INDvNZ
— Nikhil Naz (@NikhilNaz) February 8, 2019
All the three umpires are discussing LBW decision of Daryl Mitchell. pic.twitter.com/O4lSGGr1Ow
— Sunil- The cricketer (@1sInto2s) February 8, 2019
Daryl Mitchell going to meet the 3rd umpire(Shaun Haig)#NZvsIND pic.twitter.com/GZtMF6ZarT
— ఆత్హర్ 🏏 (@cricdrugs) February 8, 2019
THE GREATEST DRS FARCE OF ALL TIME JUST HAPPENED
Daryl Mitchell given out LBW by the TV umpire, despite Hotspot and replays showing a clear inside edge! Why even have it?!? #NZvIND #INDvNZ
LIVE: https://t.co/yeSfCoJdU9 pic.twitter.com/GRVJS8CqLm— FlashScore Cricket Commentators (@FlashCric) February 8, 2019
