It happens very rarely in cricket that a dismissal gets converted into a dead ball. However, one such incident took place in the ongoing match between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The wicket of the RCB batter, Mahipal Lomror was reversed to a dead ball as the ball had hit a cable of satellite television before landing in the hand of David Miller. Gujarat Titans have been a strong unit in IPL 2022 and they have started strongly against RCB.
RCB skipper, Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to bat first. Their decision turned out to be very correct as Virat Kohli regained his form with a half-century. Rajat Patidar also scored a half-century and both of them stitched a crucial partnership.
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Mahipal Lomror played a cameo of 16 runs from eight balls but he got a lifeline during his stay at the crease. Alzarri Joseph was bowling the last over of the innings and he bowled a full-length delivery to Lomror.
The batter tried to clear the long-on boundary but mistimed it and David Miller caught it near the ropes. However, there was a twist in the dismissal as the batter was sure that the ball had hit a cable of the satellite television.
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The on-field umpire decided to take a look and the third umpire agreed with Mahipal Lomror after checking the replays and the decision was reversed. The delivery was converted into a dead ball and Lomror got a lifeline. However, he was dismissed on the last ball of the innings after being caught by the same fielder.
Here is the video of the incident:
Here how the fans reacted to the incident:
https://twitter.com/CricFanOP/status/1520370243348008961?s=20&t=iexe2vpXpKB7d_VPsOLO5w
Lol that dead ball thing was so interesting
— noor (@vwelldrived) April 30, 2022
Ah Miller taunting!! 😂
Bro that was a dead ball. Get over it!!— Rohan (@ImRohanSingh19) April 30, 2022
I want this rule in my Gully Cricket as well.
If I am out it will be a dead ball!@gujarat_titans @RCBTweets #IPL2022 #rcb #deadball #lomror #GTvRCB
— Abhijeet Mutha (@abhijeet_mutha_) April 30, 2022
Rule states only Spider Cam cable na mattum dhana akka dead ball?
— Viggy (@VigneshA_26) April 30, 2022
The dead ball omg 😂🤣
Thanks to the the cam 🤣🤣🤣— 𝖙𝖆𝕹𝖎𝖘𝖍𝖆 || 🦋🌻🫶 (@Tanisha__27) April 30, 2022
Dead ball – Ball touches the cable 😍#RCBvsGT #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/Qsl5MjkDAw
— Jaan 💙♥️💙 (@MD_AhmedJeelani) April 30, 2022
