During the 51st match of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Bengaluru, third umpire C Shamsuddin gathered numerous eyeballs after he delivered a decision of a catch which did not seem to go well with the majority of viewers.
After Kane Williamson, captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) won the toss and put the hosts in to bat, they lost their openers cheaply in the powerplay. In a situation where Bangalore desperately needed a partnership, AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali stitched a 107-run stand for the third wicket. The partnership came off 57 balls as both the batsmen scored brisk half-centuries.
It happened on the penultimate delivery of the third over when Alex Hales pulled a Umesh Yadav’s delivery fiercely. The ball went in the direction of Tim Southee, who was fielding at the deep square leg. The fielder ran in from the boundary to grab an exceptional catch after diving in front.
S Ravi, the on-field umpire, ruled the decision (soft signal) in the favor of the bowling side. However, the third-umpire had a contrasting viewpoint. The slow-motion replays might have forced him to rule the decision in favor of the batsman. Watch the full video:
https://twitter.com/videos_shots/status/997165059078963200
Watch the Twitter reactions:
Wrogn decision? #RCBvSRH
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) May 17, 2018
Tim Southee took a clean catch, no part of the ball touched the ground, we all saw the replays, Southee's fingers were cleanly underneath the ball. That was a shocking decision, by the 3rd umpire, who has the technology. Disastrous. #RCBvSRH #IPL2018
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA) May 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/Lennindarrell/status/997159494554669057
https://twitter.com/imsharatbhatt/status/997155884609482752
This was the tweet I was writing first .
Couldn't believe on my eyes .
Umpires say not out
Well well great effort by Tim southee …#RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/fNI5yhok34— Tahir Shabbir (@tahirshabbir92) May 17, 2018
That was a really very unfair decision of Tim southee's catch. It was cleanly caught by him.#RCBVSRH#thirdumpire
— siddharth malik (@siddharth_1005) May 17, 2018
U think the catch took by tim southee was a clean one , it was a bad decision by third umpire tech is supposed to help them make the right decision not a wrong decision.#RCBvSRH
— Dev Bhattacharya (@realdevbhatt) May 17, 2018
Arre that was clearly not out re… Tim Southee ke face Ko nahi haath Ko dekho😜
— Samkit S. (@shahsamkit) May 17, 2018
That effort by #TimSouthee deserved a wicket. Horrid umping. #RCBvSRH #IPL2018
— Kartik Sethi (@MugglooBaccha21) May 17, 2018
Thirdie you idiot!! That catch from Tim Southee was clean #RCBvSRH #IPL2018
— Ashwin Shetty (@ashwinshetty9) May 17, 2018
Tim Southee might have done something wrogn today! 😆 #IPL2018 #wrongAppealForDropCatch
— Saurav (@saur4v) May 17, 2018
Shocking Decision for that great effort from Tim Southee #RCBvSRH
— Glenton Stuurman (@StuurmanGlenton) May 17, 2018
Had the ball touched the ground, Tim Southee would have said it himself 😣😣 #RCBvSRH
— Trickster_God (@_BreathingFire_) May 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/lm110779/status/997156037504520192
A really unlikely decision in favour of @TimSouthee_NZ….A clean catch called NOT OUT off Umesh Yadav..It was a clean and a fair catch….
— Ali (@aliasgar_21) May 17, 2018
That was definitely not a clean catch .. the ball slipped popped out of Tim Southee's hands #RCBvSRH #IPL2018
— siprasad (@siprasad) May 17, 2018
Tim Southee takes a fantastic catch to get rid of Hales, but it is turned down by the third umpire. Come on @RCBTweets 🏏✌#RCBvSRH
— P K T 🇮🇳 (@pramodthimmaiah) May 17, 2018
