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'This is a very bad decision', Irfan Pathan criticized the third umpire after Travis Head was given not out.

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Tezzbuzz|03-05-2024

Lucknow: The match was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. In this match, the third umpire gave a decision which is being criticized a lot. If we talk about Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, questions have been raised many times regarding umpiring. The decision of no ball against legendary batsman Virat Kohli was the most controversial but during the match against Rajasthan, the third umpire gave another controversial decision.

Actually, the 15th over of Hyderabad's innings was going on and during this, fast bowler Avesh Khan came to bowl from Rajasthan's side. On the third ball of the over, opening batsman Travis Head, batting for Hyderabad, wanted to step forward and play the ball. However, the ball did not hit Head's bat and when he went out of the crease, Sanju Samson, who was behind the wicket, hit the ball directly on the stump and the on-field umpire referred this decision to the third umpire.

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The third umpire saw it in the review and declared it not out. However, everyone was surprised by his decision because when the next frame was seen, it was found that the bat was in the air but he decided not to watch further replays. Seeing such umpiring, many people were seen criticizing it. Fans were also seen reacting to this decision on social media.

Here are some of the responses included-

Irfan Pathan criticized the umpire

Seeing this type of umpiring in IPL 2024, former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan also criticized it a lot. He took the help of social media platform X to share his views on this. Pathan wrote, “Once again a very bad decision by the third umpire. There were two more frames to see. Head's bat was in the air.”

Let us tell you that RR was not much affected by this wrong decision because Head was clean bowled by Avesh on the very next ball and sent him out of the field. In this match, the left-handed batsman faced 44 balls and scored 58 runs with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes.

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