Did Dhoni bully umpire on a wide call?
Chennai Super Kings defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 20 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 clash at Dubai on Tuesday but CSK skipper MS Dhoni was slammed by netizens after the match for an incident that happened during the match.
Shardul Thakur was bowling to SRH’s Rashid Khan with 24 runs required off 11 balls and Thakur had delivered a full ball that pitched away from the batsman and it was declared a ‘wide’ by umpire Paul Reiffel.
The next delivery was similar and Reiffel again seemed to be declaring it a wide but Dhoni looked at the umpire and tried to tell him through his gesture that it was not a wide.
The next moment, Reiffel’s pulled back his arms and did not declare it a ‘wide’ ball. SRH skipper David Warner can be seen reacting angrily to umpire’s call.