After 3 consecutive wins in IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Giants lost in the match played against Chennai Super Kings. This match between the two teams was played at Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium of Lucknow. Where CSK won by 5 wickets due to an explosive innings by MS Dhoni. But during this match, a decision of the umpire was in the news. The legends doing commentary did not appear happy with the umpire’s decision.
There was a ruckus on the decision of the umpire
Actually, this ruckus was seen during the last over of Lucknow Super Giants innings. Then Mathisha Pathirana was doing the 20th over for CSK. Mathisha Pathirana threw the first ball of this over outside the pitch. After which the umpire called this wide ball. But the ball was seen out of the pitch, in such a situation, Pant took DRS demanding a no ball. After which the third umpire checked and did not change the decision. But it was clearly visible in the replay that the ball fell out of the pitch. After which the legends who were commenting were also enraged.
Pitch ke bahar no ball honi chahiye naa pic.twitter.com/krxhetzr1d
– Suprvirat (@Isantraj51) April 14, 2025
On the decision of the umpire, former cricketer Harbhajan Singh said during the commentary, ‘This ball should have been no ball, I do not know why the umpire gave it wide. This is a clean no ball. Rishabh Pant’s demand was absolutely justified. Don’t know how the umpire decided here. On the other hand, Sanjay Bangar said, ‘Yes, this ball should have been no ball. Because it is falling outside the pitch. Fans also called this decision wrong on social media. At the same time, some fans say that Dhoni was standing behind the wicket, due to which this mistake was made from the umpire under pressure.
CSK won after 5 defeats
Chennai Super Kings won this match and also broke their defeat. Earlier, CSK lost 5 consecutive matches. However, CSK performed amazing in this match. While bowling first in the match, Chennai bowlers managed to stop the team of Lucknow Super Giants at the score of 166 runs. After this, this target was achieved at the loss of 5 wickets in 19.3 overs. In which Dhoni contributed 26 not out of 11 balls. He was also adjudged Player of the Match for this performance.