The umpiring is the most important aspect not only in the game of cricket but in almost every sportz where its presence is mandatory for the game. Cricket Umpiring also becomes paramount because it is the center of the game standing between the streak of the victory and losing. The controversial umpiring decisions in IPL 2022 was far more as compared to a couple of previous seasons. Also the level of Umpiring is a bit more regular in the talking trends especially in this edition. But the given umpiring decisions in IPL 2022 tells a different story about the level of calibration by the umpires.
Although it is pretty clear that this is not the level that we as a fan anticipated after reaching out to the mega tournament like the Indian Premier League. But there are ample controversial umpiring decisions in IPL 2022 that get so essential to discuss.
1. Rishabh Pant’s Rift After On The No-ball Issue.
The Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant has engaged in a heated banter where the umpires didn’t give a any ball while Pant and company doubted it to be. This stands first in the list of controversial umpiring decisions of IPL 2022. When 36 was needed in the last over Powell smacked three sixes to achieve it, but on the last ball Kuldeep requested umpires to check waist-length no-ball but they denied it. Then Pant signaled both the batters from the dugout to walk out. But later assistant coach Pravin Amre tried to solve it by talking to umpires.
2. Kane Williamson Caught By Devdutt Paddikal.
Kane Williamson was struck and plumbed as he looked at the controversial decision given by the third umpire as he got caught in the hands of Devdutt Paddikal. Paddikal who was standing at slip takes a jaffa-looking catch but when it goes to the door of the third umpire it was showing that his fingers might have slipped from the ball. This created a rift between SRH fans and the BCCI-appointed third umpire for the game.
3. Virat Kohli’s Contentious LBW Decisions.
The out-of-form Virat Kohli has left shocked as he was shown the pavilion way by both on and off-field umpires. After hitting the ball of Dewald Brevis on Virat’s pad, Virender Sharma raised his finger in a loud shout. Then Kohli took it upwards and the third umpire indicated a lack of conclusion to overturn the decision of Sharma. Because the third umpire got confused as the ball was hitting bat and pad at the same time but Kohli felt that it was bat first.
4. Rohit Sharma’s Caught Behind Controversy.
The Mumbai Skipper was raised up in fury as the third umpire gave him out on a weird review taken by KKR. The on-field decision after the appeal was not out, but Sheldon Jackson the wiki heard something voice behind and urged Shreyas Iyer to take the review. But as the snickometer displayed spikes even before the ball hit Rohit’s bat. The third umpire overturned the on-field decision after witnessing the spike and Rohit left unhappy with this.
5. Sanju Samson’s Wide Ball Call. The last position in the list of controversial umpiring decisions of IPL 2022 has stamped the urge of Sanju Samson for the review on the wrong wide ball call him. The umpire gave three wide balls in the over to Prasidh Krishna when Nitish Rana was on strike but Sanju was not happy about this. He demanded the review on the last one as it was not as wide as per him, but umpires reminded him that a review can’t be taken for checking out wide balls.
