WPL 2023: Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz – Controversy and controversial umpire calls have rocked the inaugural WPL 2023 season. One such incident took place in the WPL Eliminator between UP Warriorz and Mumbai Indians. Anjali Sarvani took a blinder of a catch, but the third umpire had other plans on his mind. The third umpire signaled not out after finding conclusive evidence of the ball hitting the ground, much to the annoyance of the fans. Follow Women’s Premier League 2023 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
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The incident took place in a Deepti Sharma over. Anjali Sarvani dived forward to take a stunning catch. With the catch being taken close to the ground, the on-field signal gave ‘out’ as the soft signal but referred to the third umpire to check if the ball touched the ground or not.
One of the leading catchers of the tournament thinks she has pulled off a really impressive catch in the outfield. But the third umpire thinks otherwise..
Did it even touch the ground? I don’t think so. Bizarre decision.https://t.co/KPTfuQ0MPM pic.twitter.com/fdxgOnvvhl
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) March 24, 2023
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On replay, it is shown that despite the palm of Sarvani remaining close to the ground, the ball doesn’t touch the ground as the fielder went on to take a clean catch by catching the ball with her fingertips.
The third umpire then decided to change the soft signal by claiming to have conclusive evidence that the ball touched the ground. The change in decision shocked the cricket fan base with the fans taking to social media to showcase their disgust.
How was that not out ???? Such a clean catch . Shocker of a decision . #wpl
— Rohan Gavaskar (@rohangava9) March 24, 2023
