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Dinesh Karthik received a huge reprieve during the IPL 2024 Eliminator between RCB and RR at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, May 22. Karthik was given out LBW in the very first delivery he faced in the 15th over of the RCB innings. After a reluctant review, the third umpire overturned the decision and denied Avesh Khan a double strike. The decision from third umpire Anil Chaudhary surprised and shocked a few, including on-air commentators Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri.
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Dinesh Karthik looked convinced that he was out as he had to be persuaded by partner Mahipal Lomror to review the LBW call from the on-field umpire. Avesh Khan, who was high on confidence after getting the wicket of Rajat Patidar in the previous delivery, got one to angle in sharply and hit Karthik flush on his pads.
After Dinesh Karthik took the review, the third umpire saw replays of the delivery. While the decision looked plum to the naked eye, the Ultra-Edge technology showed a spike when the ball was passing the bat. At the same time, the bat was also hitting the pad. However, the third umpire rushed the decision, not seeing more replays, and overturned the on-field decision, giving Karthik not out.
The third umpire was heard saying that he picked up an inside edge from the Ultra-Edge spike. However, quite a few questioned why Anil Chaudhary did not consider the possibility of the spike arising from the bat hitting Karthik’s pad.
SHASTRI AND GAVASKAR ON DK LBW
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri did not mince his words and called the decision from Anil Chaudhary an absolute shocker.
“If there’s one word for it, it’s an absolute shocker,” Shastri said during commentary.
Legendary Sunil Gavaskar said he clearly saw the bat hitting the pad and ruled out any contact of the bat with the ball.
“It looks to me that the bat has hit the pads. The ball is in front of the bat (when the spike was seen). The ball did not hit the bad, the pad hit the bat,” Gavaskar said during commentary.
Quite a few on social media also questioned Anil Chaudhary’s decision. In fact, Rajasthan head coach Kumar Sangakkar was disappointed with the ball and stormed off his seat from the dugout. He was seen speaking with the match officials at the venue after the decision was made.
Eventually, Avesh Khan was the one who dismissed Dinesh Karthik, but after he added 11 runs to his tally in the 19th over of the contest.
RCB were restricted to 172 for 8 in their quota of 20 overs as Avesh Khan and R Ashwin shone with five wickets between them.
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