'He Should Get Fined': Rishabh Pant's Idol Schools Him After Lengthy Argument With Umpire

Rishabh Pant was involved in a lengthy discussion with the on-field umpire after seemingly unhappy at why the TV umpire didn’t use ‘snickometer’ (Ultra-edge technology is used in IPL) to check for possible edge or the ball brushing the person of the batter after he made a signal to review a wide call during Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals on Friday.

During the fourth over of LSG innings in Lucknow, Ishant Sharma sent one delivery down the leg-side and the batter, Devdutt Padikkal missed his glance before the umpire signaled it as a wide delivery.

Pant made the T signal and the TV Umpire concluded that the ball didn’t touch the batter’s person nor the bat and hence should stay as wide as it was evident.

However, Pant then asked one of the on-field umpires why snickometer wasn’t used and didn’t look convinced with the explanation.

Interestingly, the commentators weren’t sure why the discussion was being held as they thought Pant was arguing for having not asked for the review in the first place which replay proved wrong.

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During a discussion on Cricbuzz after LSG’s innings, legendary Australia cricketer Adam Gilchrist felt that the umpires should take control of such situations and avoid indulging players in such conversations.

“I saw another example tonight where umpires need to take better control of games, and that is in any format. They just got to do a better job at moving things forward. There was a dispute over whether Rishabh had reviewed it. Okay, there was a miscommunication over the review call. But they stood there and spoke about that for 3-4 minutes. It’s a very simple conversation, I believe,” Gilchrist said.

Gilchrist further recommended that players who continue arguing with the umpires despite being given an apt explanation should be fined.

“No matter how much Rishabh is complaining or any other player is complaining, umpires should just say, ‘it’s over’ and quickly move on. But if he keeps talking, he should get fined,” he said.