Indian match official exposed again as 3rd umpire Srinivasan fails to spot spike
The Hindu
While the snicko showed a clear spike off the gloves, Srinivasan, who looked edgy and under-confident while taking mist decisions, to everyone's surprise ruled it not out as well
The poor quality of Indian domestic umpires was exposed badly when unheralded TV official Krishnamachari Srinivasan failed to spot a clear spike on DRS after Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Devdutt Padikkal sneaked a Ravi Bishnoi delivery to Punjab Kings captain K.L. Rahul behind the stumps in an .
There were calls for his "sacking" from former cricketers, including Scot Styris and and Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who termed the error "unforgivable". The incident happened in the eighth over when Padikkal went for a reverse sweep and was caught behind. The on-field umpire K.N. Ananthapadmanabhan ruled not out and it was referred to the third umpire.
While the snicko showed a clear spike off the gloves, Srinivasan, who looked edgy and under-confident while taking mist decisions, to everyone's surprise ruled it not out as well.