Updated: October 14, 2020 8:04:41 am
Paul Reiffel was one of the referees who officiated in the SRH vs CSK match. (Screenshots)
MS Dhoni and Shardul Thakur expressed their disappointment after referee Paul Reiffel stretched his arms to signal a wide in the 19th over of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) chase against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Tuesday. The referee then appeared to have changed his mind and decided not to ask for a pass.
The FairPlay Award is for #CSK pic.twitter.com/ZiRUIaMCiu
– ✨💫 (@Kourageous__) October 13, 2020
So it took SRH 25 to win 11 balls while chasing a goal of 168. Shardul Thakur, the bowler, had been constantly throwing in a line off the stump. Rashid Khan chased the ball, and even when the delivery was off the wide mark, it went under Rashid’s bat.
It is not #Dhoni guilt
It clearly shows the fault of the “referee”# IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/Nua3NKrPhn– Ƨ.K.ƧΉΛЯMΛ 🇮🇳 G̷̨̫̦̙̹͓͈̝̺̫̀͐̓̒̇͗̒͘ŏ̴̡̥̳͎̲̗̺̖͋ (@Suneel_IND) October 13, 2020
Opposition captain David Warner was seen gesturing angrily from the dugout while Reiffel appeared to have changed his mind.
Shahbaz Nadeem, Rashid’s non-striking partner, was also seen talking to the Australian about the broad call that he did not go.
2019 – MS Dhoni withdraws to discuss with the referees.
2020 – MS Dhoni gives a glance and the referee drops his hands.Thala and the referees: you can write a book about it. https://t.co/tbgrVOFw5e
– Siddarth Srinivas (@sidhuwrites) October 13, 2020
Rashid Khan came out shortly after, coming off the wicket and caught with the same ball, and Dwayne Bravo sealed a 20-run win for CSK with a final over in which he gave up just one run.
Rashid Khan’s Wicket (Hit Wicket + caught) 🏏#CSKvsSRH #csk #RashidKhan #SRH #dhoni #referee # IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/0SDaRUP6eT
– Ryan De Sa (@ ryandesa_07) October 13, 2020
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