Rishabh Pant blunder against LSG: DRS drama as the DC skipper disputes gesturing for a review

The Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant ended up on the wrong side of the Decision Review System once again during the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 season. The incident took place during DC’s game against the Lucknow Super Giants on Friday at the Ekana International Stadium.

Keeping the stumps during Ishant Sharma’s second over, Pant was seen gesturing for a review after the umpire had deemed an attempted fourth delivery by Ishant as a wide down the leg side. However, just as the umpire went upstairs for a check with the third umpire, Pant would walk his way towards the on-field official and dispute that he never called for a DRS check.

The umpires however, went with the review. Broadcast replays then showed Pant gesturing the captain’s call for a DRS, perhaps asking for a confirmation from one of his fielders before making the final call. The umpires would stick with it as a review from DC’s account, one that didn’t overrule the original decision of the delivery being a wide ball.

Earlier during the season, in the game against Kolkata Knight Riders, Pant had been involved in another much-talked about incident pertaining to a DRS check. With Mitchell Marsh appealing for a caught behind dismissal of Sunil Narine, Pant seems disinterested at first but as he signaled for a DRS check, the on-field umpires would tell him that the DC skipper had run out of the stipulated time to take a review. Although, the timer on the broadcast still displayed one second left as Pant had signaled for a check.

For Pant, IPL 2024 marked a return to professional cricket for the first time since his car accident dating back to December 2022. The DC skipper has 153 runs from five innings so far that include a half century against the Chennai Super Kings.

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Ahead of their game against LSG, Lucknow sit at the bottom of the points table, with just one win from their five games.

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