Rohit Sharma wasn’t quite impressed after the umpire wrongly gave him out in the first over of the Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings clash. The captain had some words to say as he angrily took the review to repeal the decision.
Various fans reacted to Rohit Sharma’s explosion on Twitter, with a few uploading a clip of the movement.
The incident occurred on the 5th ball of the starting over, with Moises Henriques bowling to Rohit Sharma. The Punjab Kings bowler angled one in reach the batsman, which the MI captain tried to flip towards the leg-side.
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Nevertheless, Rohit Sharma couldn’t get the proper connection, and the broadcast picked up noisier as it went past the batsman, with KL Rahul and PBKS appealing for a caught behind. Chettithody Shamshuddin decided with the bowling side as the umpire signalled out.
But Rohit Sharma bests to know as he immediately called for a review. The decision didn’t go down very well with the 33-year-old, as he fiercely gestured towards the umpire while walking ahead of Quinton de Kock.
Replays showed Rohit Sharma was correct, with the ball stroke his shirt and making out of touch with the bat as it went earlier him. The decision was correctly overturned as Rohit Sharma make the early scare.
The incident capped off a consequential over for the batsman, who would have found itself short of the crimp had Fabian Allen hit the stumps a few balls before.
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Fans speculate after Rohit Sharma’s angry gesture.
Several fans picked up Rohit’s angry reaction as they took to Twitter to speak about the incident. Various speculated the MI captain had hurled abuse at the umpire, although others saw the comedy of the incident.
Many fans pondered whether Hitman could impose a fine for his unfair actions after the game. Here you can see some of the top reactions from Twitter.
Can see some fine for Rohit Sharma after the match for the reaction against umpire. #IPL2021
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 23, 2021
What did Rohit said to umpire after taking review 🙂
— Harshad 🇮🇳 (@HBJ3221) April 23, 2021
Did Rohit Sharma just abused umpire in his way of sarcasm 😂😂
— KUNAL.🇮🇳 (@ImKPL48) April 23, 2021
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