Preity Zinta asks BCCI to introduce new rules after referee error in IPL | Cricket news

DUBAI: co-founder of Kings XI Punjab Preity Zinta expressed his frustration after the outfield referee made a mistake during the team’s Indian Premier League (IPL) clash against Delhi Capitals.
Zinta questioned what good the technology is if it can’t be used and urged the Cricket Control Board in India (BCCI) to introduce new rules to “improve the game.”

“I traveled with enthusiasm during a pandemic, I did 6 days of quarantine and 5 covid tests with a smile, but that Short Run hit me hard. What’s the use of technology if it can’t be used? Time for @BCCI to introduce new ones rules. This can’t happen every year. #DCvKXIP @lionsdenkxip, “Zinta tweeted.

“I have always believed in being graceful in a win or loss and in the spirit of the game, but it is also important to ask for policy changes that improve the game in the future for everyone. The past has happened and it is imp. looking to the future and being positive as always, “he said in another tweet.

The incident took place on the 19th day of the persecution of Kings XI Punjab when Mayank Agarwal He played one shot and took two runs. However, the field referee Nitin menon considered it as one, stating that Chris jordan he didn’t hit his bat past the crease.
Both teams scored 157 runs in the assigned 20 overs and Delhi Capitals won the match in the Super Over.
Meanwhile, former cricketer Virender Sehwag, who has represented Kings XI Punjab in the league, said the referee’s decision made the difference in the match and that he should be the ‘Man of the Match’.
“I do not agree with the choice of the man of the match. The referee who gave this short term should have been the man of the match. The short term is not like that. And that was the difference. #DCvKXIP,” Sehwag tweeted.