Delhi: A controversial decision was taken in the 33rd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Mullanpur on Thursday. The video of MI head coach Mark Boucher and star batsman Tim David signaling Suryakumar Yadav to review the wide call from the dugout has gone viral. In such a situation, a section of fans claimed that Suryakumar asked the on-field umpire to review only after seeing the signal from the dugout. Meanwhile, Boucher and David were clearly disappointed.

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Actually, in the 15th over of Mumbai Indians' innings, Punjab Kings (PBKS) fast bowler Arshdeep Singh bowled a ball and umpire Vineet Kulkarni did not give it wide keeping in mind the movement of batsman Suryakumar towards the ball. It appears that Suryakumar did not take the review first, but after a few seconds in the viral video, umpire Vineet can be seen sending the decision to third umpire Nitin Menon.

After this, PBKS stand-in captain Sam Curran can also be seen in the video arguing with the on-field umpire over his decision. It appears that Curran is pointing towards the MI dug-out and suggesting that the input came from outside the field. However, the decision was later overturned and third umpire Nitin Menon gave it a wide.

Punjab Kings lost

Talking about the match, Mumbai, batting first, set the target thanks to the brilliant innings of star batsman Suryakumar Yadav (78 runs on 53 balls), Rohit Sharma (36 runs on 25 balls), Tilak Verma (34 not out on 18 balls). Scored a score of 192 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs, in response to which, despite the explosive batting of Ashutosh Sharma (61 runs on 28 balls) and Shashank Singh (41 runs on 25 balls), Punjab remained 10 runs away from the target. Went. Man of the Match Bumrah (4-0-21-3) and Gerald Coetzee (4-0-32-3) bowled brilliantly and played an important role in their team's victory.

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