Kings XI Punjab have appealed against on-field umpire Nitin Menon’s controversial “short-run’’ call at crunch time of their IPL game against Delhi Capitals as former players seek more technological intervention for the sake of fair results.
Before the match went into Super Over, the TV footage showed that square leg umpire Menon had erred in calling Chris Jordan for a short-run in the third ball of the 19th over, bowled by Kagiso Rabada.
The TV replays showed that Jordan’s bat was inside the crease when he completed the first run, starting from the non-striker’s end.
However, to KXIP’s horror, Menon gestured that Jordan has not completed the run and only one run was added to Mayank Agarwal and the Punjab team’’s total.
The decision was not reversed despite technological evidence that it was a wrong call.
In the final over, Punjab needed 13 runs to win and…
