There have been instances when ball has been lost in the crowd during a cricket match after a batsman hits a six. But yesterday, the ball for lost for real and that too because of umpire. This funny incident occurred during IPL 2019 encounter between RCB and KXIP. A timeout was called after 14th over of RCB’s batting, and after the timeout the ball was missing from the ground.
When KXIP bowler Ankit Rajpoot went to bowl, he could not find the ball. He asked about it to all the teammates, skipper Ashwin and also the umpire and there was no trace of the ball. Even a match official arrived on the ground with the box of balls. But it was soon discovered that on-field umpire Chettithody Shamshuddin had forgot the ball in his pocket. Have a look at the video if the funny incident.
After the end of 13th over, Murugan Ashwin gave the ball to on-field umpire Bruce Oxenford, who handed it over to Shamshuddin. After the end of timeout, Shamshuddin could not remember that he kept the ball in his pocket so everyone started looking for the ball to resume the game. He later found out the ball and the match was resumed. The event became a funny moment in the game bringing a smile among commentators and viewers.
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Meanwhile in the match, in spite of Steyn out of the team, RCB’s bowling unit performed well to restrict KXIP to 185/7 in 20 overs. During batting, AB de Villiers hit a spectacular 82 to take RCB to mammoth 202. Punjab started well with a run rate of almost 10 but Umesh Yadav’s 3-wicket haul worked in favour of RCB.