The umpire had made a big blunder, had given Mendis out but the review saved his life

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Tezzbuzz|05-08-2024

India And Sri Lanka The level of umpiring in the ODI series between India and Pakistan is going down. After the first ODI, an example of this was seen in the second ODI as well when the umpire made a big mistake by giving Kusal Mendis out. Before this played went first ODIs In 2015 too, Joel Wilson gave some controversial decisions which were overturned due to DRS.

This series of mistakes is the second one in this series ODIs The controversy continued in the 12th over of the Sri Lankan innings and the umpire surprised everyone by giving Kusal Mendis out on the third ball of the 12th over. Akshar Patel's ball had gone far away from Mendis' bat but the keeper and first slip appealed. Meanwhile, the umpire also did not delay in raising his finger, while this decision surprised Kusal Mendis and bowler Akshar Patel.

Kusal immediately took a review, which showed a huge gap between the bat and the ball. Due to DRS, the umpire had to change his decision and once again bad umpiring became a topic of discussion on social media. It is worth noting that India And Sri Lanka first among ODIs There was no super over despite the match being tied played The umpires were criticised for their departure.

Talking about this match No changes have been made in the Indian team. At the same time, Sri Lanka Jeffrey Vandersay and Kamindu Mendis have come in the team in place of injured Wanindu Hasaranga and Mohammed Shiraz.

The two teams are as follows:

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka (captain), Kamindu Mendis, Janith Liyanage, Dunith Vellalaage, Akila Dananjaya, Asitha Fernando, Jeffrey Vandersay.

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.

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