First match of the second half of the Indian Premier League between the Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday saw a wide ball controversy.
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With Rashid Khan on strike, SRH required 25 runs off 11 balls, and Shardul Thakur bowled a ball outside the tramlines, which umpire Paul Reiffel rightly called a wide.
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The very next ball was also similar but Reiffel stopped halfway and refrained from calling it a wide. That revision, it's widely speculated, came after MS Dhoni and Thakur's angry stare. Both said that the batsman had moved.
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The decision infuriated SRH skipper David Warner in the dugout.
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A clear wide call by the umpire could have just dropped the run rate from at 14.40 runs per over to 12.50.
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However, from constant replays, it could be made out that it was a clear wide. Nonetheless, Thakur completed his economical over and conceded only five runs and CSK was slightly closer to the victory.
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In the final over, Dwyane Bravo scalped a wicket and conceded only a run, handing CSK the much-needed win
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