During the 30th match of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Delhi Daredevils (DD) at Pune, Shreyas Iyer, captain of Delhi Daredevils, opted for a review on the first ball of the match.
Having won the toss, Iyer decided to bowl first. The Daredevils fielded an unchanged playing eleven. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings made four changes to their playing eleven. Faf du Plessis, Karn Sharma, KM Asif and Lungi Ngidi were included in place of Sam Billings, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar and Imran Tahir.
On the first ball of the match, Trent Boult bowled an inswinger to Shane Watson. Being completely beaten by the delivery, Watson was struck on his front pad. After being ruled not out by the umpire, Boult signalled to his captain to opt for the review.
Upon several replays, it was evident that the ball hadn’t hit Watson’s bat. Furthermore, there was no conclusive evidence of the ball hitting the stumps. As a result, Watson survived the appeal.
Watch how Twitterati reacted on the decision:
It looked pad first to me….or was I the only one? #Boult #Watson #FirstBall #CSKvDD #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 30, 2018
#CSKvDD csk is getting benefits from d umpires in this season..
Watson was out— Mohit Kumar #MODIRAJ (@themohitkr) April 30, 2018
CSK will always remain fixers. End of story. No advantage of DRS when CSK is playing in front. #CSKvDD
— Muskan Verma (@_MuskanVerma_) April 30, 2018
The ball hit the pad first,you idiot 🙄.Indian Umpires at their worst #CSKvDD
— Aayushi Rathi 🇮🇳 (@aayushi07rathi) April 30, 2018
Watch the full video:
Out or not? pic.twitter.com/H5y4krOYbi
— Videos Shots (@videos_shots) April 30, 2018
