WPL 2024: We were pretty frustrated – Warriorz coach Jon Lewis on Chamari Athapaththu’s controversial wicket

Dharmendra2 kumar

getcricketnews|05-03-2024

It was yet another frustrating outing for UP Warriorz on Monday (Mar 4) in the ongoing Women's Premier League (WPL) after they lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in a high-scoring contest at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

The match had plenty of talking points including Alyssa Healy's window car window-breaking shot and Smriti Mandhana's 80-run knock. However one of the highlights also featured Chamari Athapaththu's controversial decision that proved to be the turning point of the match according to Warriorz's head coach Jon Lewis.

What was the incident?

On the third ball of the seventh over, Athapaththu was hit on the pads while she attempted a sweep shot off Georgia Wareham. To the naked eye, it seemed as if the ball had turned away after pitching on a legstump line. Vrinda Rathi, the on-field umpire had declared it not out before Mandhana, the RCB skipper, opted to take a review.

However, much to everyone's surprise the ball tracking projected the ball to be heading straight, going on to hit the middle stump. This left everyone stunned in the opposition RCB camp as well while Warriorz skipper Healy even protested to the on-field umpire.

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