IPL 2022: SRH lodge protest against third umpire’s decision after Kane Williamson’s controversial dismissal

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 is just weeks old but the controversies have already begun, courtesy of Kane Williamson’s dismissal. The clash between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) saw Devdutt Padikkal take the controversial catch of Williamson, which has led to a lot of talks to take place.

In the game that took place on March 29, Williamson was edged to delivery of Prasidh Krishna. While the ball popped out of wicketkeeper Sanju Samson’s hand, it was Devdutt Padikkal, who stood in the first slip area and had a grasp on it.

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While Williamson was not convinced, the matter was referred to the third umpire KN Ananthapadmanabhan to confirm if it was out or not. However, after a few snaps, it certainly looked unclear as the ball seemed to have bounced in front of Padikkal’s hands before it was grasped. 

But when the decision was taken, the third umpire looked pretty much convinced with the catch despite the images showing the contrary and the Sunrisers lost the game in the end by 61 runs.

Poor showcase of third umpiring..

Baised decision from third umpire @JimmyNeesh#KaneWilliamson #poorumpiring #IPL #srhvsrr pic.twitter.com/bq67OVBk0L

— Rahul Kumar (@rahul98891) March 29, 2022

After a lot of talk and debate, Sunrisers Hyderabad has now reportedly lodged a complaint by writing to the IPL officials against the third umpire’s decision.

As per the sources, an SRH franchise official confirmed that they have written to the BCCI to protest against the decision and noted the procedure requires the coach to write. It has also been learnt that the franchise mentioned that the captain has mentioned the decision in the report to the IPL match referee.

“Yes, we’ve written to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The procedure is that the coach has to write and the process has been followed,” a franchise official said as quoted by Cricbuzz.

“The protest was also mentioned in the captain’s report which is given to the IPL match referee after each game,” a spokesman for the team management added.

Even SRH coach Tom Moody had mentioned the same and said he was surprised after seeing the replay. “We were very surprised that it was given out, particularly when we saw the replay. I can understand the on-field umpires taking it upstairs, and when that happened and we saw the evidence. We’re certainly not umpires, but it looked pretty clear to us what the decision was.” Moody told in the post-match press conference.