GUWAHATI: Rajasthan Royals batter Devdutt Padikkal went for a review in the last ball of the sixth over during their chase against Punjab Kings here on Wednesday night. But the review was not to overturn any dismissal. The DRS was called by the left hander as he was unhappy with the on-field umpire’s decision to not call the delivery wide despite it going down the leg side.
After using the available technologies at hand, the third umpire found the ball edging the thigh guard and the umpire’s decision stayed. Whether this was one of the worst reviews in world cricket is debatable, but that it wasted some precious time in a game of T20 – a format that was developed to make matches shorter and keep the audiences glued to the game – is certain.
