Mumbai Indians’ batter Tim David signalled his teammate Suryakumar Yadav to take Decision Review System (DRS) for the wide ball from the dugout during the IPL 2024 clash against Punjab Kings at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on Thursday, April 18
The incident took place in the 15th over when Punjab Kings pacer Arshdeep Singh sent down a wide ball delivery to Suryakumar Yadav. The on-field didn’t signal it as a wide ball and SKY was hesitant to take the review. However, Tim David, who was sitting in the dugout, asked Suryakumar to take the DRS after watching the replay on the TV as it was wide ball according to him as well as head coach Mark Boucher.
Punjab Kings pacer Sam Curran took up the matter immediately with the on-field umpire but the umpire ignored his protest and send to the third umpire for the wide-ball review. The entire incident went viral on social media.
