Captains are assigned with the task of making inaccurate DRS calls while leading the team but they might also miss out on opportunities on a few occasions. Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper, Hardik Pandya displayed an example of such an instance when his team missed taking a spot-on DRS due to the captain’s overconfidence in his belief that the ball hit the bat first.
The ominous task of facing Gujarat Titans bowlers has turned out to be too much for a task for Delhi Capitals’ batter as they lost six wickets on a total of 73 runs. However, GT had an opportunity to sink the ship of the opposition earlier in the game but the captain’s confidence in his belief barred the hosts from getting a potential dismissal from them.
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Rashid Khan was bowling the 12th over of the innings and Aman Hakim Khan was facing the leg-spinner. The Afghan spinner bowled a googly and the batter failed to judge the ball well and it crashed onto his pads before clipping them completely with the ball hitting the pads. The bowler appealed immediately and the umpire denied the wicket. However, Captain Hardik Pandya was not interested in challenging the decision as he believed that there was an inside edge.
Also, it appeared that the batter had nicked it in the initial replays and Hardik was correct. But, there was a twist in the tale, and the DRS tracking showed a few balls and later explained the instance in more detail. The delivery was pitching in line, the impact was right on the mark and it was crashing into the stumps as well.
Here is the video of the incident:
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Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Pandya (c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): David Warner (c), Philip Salt (wk), Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw, Priyam Garg, Axar Patel, Ripal Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma
