Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is locking horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 61st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the MCA Stadium in Pune. In the first innings, Rinku Singh was given out LBW off T Natarajan during the 12th over and his partner Sam Billings signaled for DRS, however, Rinku had to take the decision in the given time.
KKR got off to a good start as they were cruising at 63/1 in seven overs after Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bat first, with Nitish Rana scoring 25 not out off 16 balls. Ajinkya Rahane was there at the crease, on 27 off 22 balls. The eighth over was bowled by Umran Malik. They slipped from 65/1 to 94/5 after Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bat. Rinku Singh was the last man to go by the time of writing.
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During the 12th over, T Natarajan delivered a toe-crushing yorker to Rinku. It actually hit Rinku’s toe, and the on-field umpire took some time before raising his finger. Sam Billings, who was there at the non-strikers’ end, signaled for DRS immediately. But Rinku went on to discuss with Billings whether they should go upstairs or not, and by the time he went for DRS, the time was up. The on-field umpires then told Rinku that he had to return to the pavilion as he was out of time to challenge the decision.
Here is the video of the incident:
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson (c), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik
Here is how the fans reacted to the incident:
Rinku Singh after being given out, wanted to take the DRS, but the 15 seconds were over. pic.twitter.com/F1xh5ffsTm
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 14, 2022
There was a powercut of timer for Rinku Singh. #IPL
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) May 14, 2022
Unreal Conspiracy against King Rinku Singh 😤 #KKRvSRH pic.twitter.com/83hmu9kFJa
— sohom ᱬ (@AwaaraHoon) May 14, 2022
Rinku Singh ka apman
Nahi sahega Hindustan#KKRvSRH— N. #KKR (@KyaYarNisarg) May 14, 2022
Rinku Singh to umpire : Main chota hun naa… Meri kacchi goti! #KKRvSRH
— Setu Jain (@Main_sifar) May 14, 2022
Sir kkr mach ke Doran rinku Singh out nahi hi out Dene wale ampaer ko lat Mar ke bhaga Dena chahiye
— Gyanendra Shukla (@Gyanend62660570) May 14, 2022
@KKRiders @VenkyMysore @rinkusingh235 @Bazmccullum what is wrong with the team mann ☹️ this is pathetic.. a batsman don’t know how to plead for review???? And there r players who don’t know to take retire hurt ?? Crazy
— Kishan B (@KishanB13) May 14, 2022
Another controversy in #IPL2022 #Rinkusingh denied DRS by Umpires as they felt he didn't reviewed it in 15 Sec, but Rinku and Billings kept on arguing that they Reviewed it! #SRHvKKR #KKRvSRH #rinkusingh #IPL #DRS pic.twitter.com/jqZLxOgmiY
— Apoorv mishra (@anchor_apoorv) May 14, 2022
