Indian Premier League - General Discussion

[Ashutosh.]

Please anyone tell me what happened in the 4th ball of the last over.

 

[SaiSrini]

I also agree that Dhoni made a mistake there, walking out. And honestly, he should be fined for it (I won't suspend him because this is a rarity from a guy like him) and CSK should be docked fair play points. No matter what the mistake umpires make, you cant walk onto the field if you are not the one batting/bowling/fielding.

But i want to see the replay there. That last over was stunning drama, just to follow on Cricinfo. And I am reading on Twitter about the craziness of watching it. I want to watch it once I am back home. If a guy like Dhoni is walking out to argue with umpires, I am confident it was bad enough that he was forced to do it. This guy has been keeping his emotions hidden for decades now. Why would he let it out for just an IPL game and more so when his team is comfortably placed in the tournament?

 

[Oliver Shergold]

I had been joining in on the Indian Cricket Fans forum. I am not doing it anymore. Even the moderators are trolls. Also they mostly believe that the entire tournament is fixed. It upset me actually, I do not want to believe it. I have not missed one game yet and today's finish was incredible even though we won a game we did not deserve to.

 

[Aalay]

But i want to see the replay there. That last over was stunning drama, just to follow on Cricinfo. And I am reading on Twitter about the craziness of watching it. I want to watch it once I am back home. If a guy like Dhoni is walking out to argue with umpires, I am confident it was bad enough that he was forced to do it. This guy has been keeping his emotions hidden for decades now. Why would he let it out for just an IPL game and more so when his team is comfortably placed in the tournament?

The thing is he was right in terms of that being a bad call from umpire. The funny part is as I mentioned in my previous post, the main umpire did give a no ball as soon as the ball reached the batsman. However, he changed his decision because the square leg umpire did not give that no-ball. In case of height no-ball, it is the square leg umpire who generally calls a no-ball and he didn't signal one so the main umpire changed his original decision.

The legend himself that is Sir Jadeja who hits a six while lying on the ground.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

I am going to give my two cents here-

1) MSD was wrong. But, I like that emotion. I'm not going to judge him for it.

2) The umpiring standards in the "most premiere league" has been tosh. Honestly, some of the reactions from the players is almost justified. The umpires have been that bad.

3) I think the cricketing fraternity needs to do something. If we are going to have umpires on field, then they need to be respected and have power given back to them. We started this T20 format for it to be short and sweet but the length of the games is getting tiresome. You have breaks for everything. Nowadays, if a batsman dives, he can change gloves immediately. Bats are changed mid overs and in one international game I saw a proper drinks break in the middle of an over and that was the last over of the game. There needs to be one time out at the 10 over mark which should have drinks in it. That's ALL. I've played cricket in Kolkata and I've played noon games in the month of May and been allowed one drinks break in a 30 over game. These are professionals ffs.

The only reason people are trashing these umpires is because they're powerless. 90% decisions aren't made by them and they get slaughtered for the 5% they make in crunch situations. I think the 'review' should be one review per side for the whole game. It will mean that teams will only go for it for the howler. This 'umpire's call' and 'soft signal' also need to be thrown out. OUT is OUT and NOT OUT is NOT OUT. In tennis, if a ball kisses the edge of the line, it's IN not umpire's call. If you want to be respectful to the 'umpire's call' then don't have a review system. If these two things are thrown out, then I think we should have 2 reviews per game. I don't get this logic of per innings 1 review because then you are basically allowing 'tactical' reviews.

There needs to be a rule per se that if a ball doesn't touch the rope or doesn't go over it, it's not a boundary. Fielder touching while ball in hand and all this nonsense should stop. It just helps speed up the game so much.

The no ball should just be something the third umpire does.

Lastly, abolish this paid holiday for match referees. Put the authority back in the hand of the umpires. Give them a yellow and red card. For what Dhoni did as an example, just give him a red. Missed game.

And while they're at it, it would be nice to see the Ravimankad rule sorted as well.

 

[SaiSrini]

Watched the highlights! So unlike Dhoni.... just so unlike Dhoni! That was not needed. As Aalay says above, the height no ball is with the square leg umpire and Dhoni could've avoided going out. But my question is - a fielding captain can easily go in and argue with an umpire, but a captain from the batting team and sitting in the dugout cant come out and argue? Just because it looks bad on TV for a captain to walk into the field to argue, that he gets docked? That's a grey area in the laws.

That Jadeja "namaskar" six was SENSATIONAL! And I loved how Dhoni went up to a lied down Jadeja and was gesturing animatedly with his bat. Pure gold drama!! I actually feel Dhoni needs to rest a few games. He looked bad in this game with his fitness. Considering his cricketing acumen behind the stumps, he's absolutely needed in the WC and India would want him to remain fully fit.

 

[abhi_jacko]

Talking about the incident with MSD - He made a mistake and was docked match fees for it. I think we can move on. The man is allowed to lose his cool once in a century. And he got reprimanded for it right away

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Talking about the incident with MSD - He made a mistake and was docked match fees for it. I think we can move on. The man is allowed to lose his cool once in a century. And he got reprimanded for it right away

I think it was unfair towards Dhoni. The umpiring has been worse this season and they are equally responsible for it !!!!!

 

[abhi_jacko]

I think it was unfair towards Dhoni. The umpiring has been worse this season and they are equally responsible for it !!!!!

It is sad to see that the headlines are talking about Dhoni's reaction and the fine, instead of the absolute thriller of a game that happened yesterday.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

It is sad to see that the headlines are talking about Dhoni's reaction and the fine, instead of the absolute thriller of a game that happened yesterday.

I don't see them as I am no longer active on social media. It was so disturbing that I had to delete all my social media accounts back in August last year. And now I am feeling a lot more comfortable to follow the most of the matches than it used to be in the past

 

[abhi_jacko]

I don't see them as I am no longer active on social media. It was so disturbing that I had to delete all my social media accounts back in August last year. And now I am feeling a lot more comfortable to follow the most of the matches than it used to be in the past

I m not active on social media either. I meant cricket news portals like cricbuzz and cricinfo have Dhoni's incident as headlines instead of the match result. Controversies sell though

 

[LiveLoveABD]

As with most things in this country, the over reaction to Dhoni's reaction is dominating conversations. Bloody media, no respect for a man who has done so much for the country.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Whats up with the Dale Steyn speculations? There is this buzz that he will play for RCB this season? well if that happens good luck RCB even Steyn has a terrible death over record and bowling at chinnaswamy will make it even worse.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Whats up with the Dale Steyn speculations? There is this buzz that he will play for RCB this season? well if that happens good luck RCB even Steyn has a terrible death over record and bowling at chinnaswamy will make it even worse.

I am sure it's true. Only Bangalore can make such rubbish choices.

 

[AliB]

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