Controversial Umpire Error Overshadows India’s Seven-Wicket Victory Over Pakistan in Women’s T20 World Cup
India’s seven-wicket win over Pakistan on Sunday in ICC women’s T20 World Cup has been marred by a controversial umpiring error where the Umpire decision favors India.
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Umpire Jacqueline Williams mistakenly allowed an extra ball in India’s seventh over against Pakistan, resulting in four more runs.
Jemimah Rodrigues hit her first boundary of the innings off Nida Dar’s bowling in the seventh over of India’s innings. Jemimah went onto play an unbeaten match winning innings of 38-ball 53 runs, which included eight boundaries.
Controversial umpiring decisions altering India-Pakistan games aren’t uncommon lately, with this instance being just one among several.
In the 2022 men’s T20 World Cup in Melbourne, Mohammad Nawaz bowled a full toss to Virat Kohli. Kohli hit it into the mid-wicket stands and immediately signaled at Marais Erasmus, the leg umpire, for a no-ball.
On-field umpires Rod Tucker and Erasmus conferred and signaled a no-ball, a crucial decision favoring India in the match.
Former cricketers and many Pakistani fans thought that Kohli had put Erasmus under pressure, which led him to signal a no-ball.
“If you are going to call something, you are going to put pressure on the umpire, then of course Virat is a big name. So sometimes umpires get under pressure” said Waqar about the aforementioned incident.
Original Source: Cricket Pakistan
