Watch Video: Rishabh Pant, Jos Buttler Involved in Heated Argument in Controversial Last Over of DC vs RR Match
Watch Video: Rishabh Pant, Jos Buttler Involved in Heated Argument in Controversial Last Over of DC vs RR Match
Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler and Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant were involved in a heated argument during the Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2022 match in Mumbai on Friday.
The DC vs RR match attracted a huge controversy in the final over when Pant tried to call his batters back to the pavilion and even sent assistant coach Pravin Amre to have a word with the on-field umpires after they decided against calling Obed McCoy’s high full-toss a no-ball in the third ball of the over.
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IPL 2022: Kevin Pietersen Slams Rishabh Pant, Pravin Amre Over ‘No-ball’ Controversy
Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen attacked Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant and assistant coach Pravin Amre for making ready revolting scenes for a no-ball that was not given during a strained last-over finish against Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday.
Kevin Pietersen got down on the activities of Pant and Amre as the skipper and support staff individuals called the two players out in the center before Amre raged onto the pitch to fight the on-field umpire’s call.
“It may have disrupted his concentration. It may have disrupted how Rishabh Pant was thinking about the game. That’s more concerning to me than the umpire call, the behavior of Delhi,” Pietersen told Star Sports.
“I don’t think that would have happened if Ricky Ponting was there. I think Jos Buttler had every right to walk up to Rishabh Pant and say ‘what on earth are you doing?’ to send one of their coaches onto the field and think that was the correct behavior?
“We play the gentleman’s game. People make mistakes. How many times have we nicked off or not nicked off and been given out? Been given out LBW when we were not out? Myself and Swanny have played the great game for 20 odd years. And you see stuff like we have seen in the last 30 minutes, it’s not good for the game of cricket. It’s not good at all.
“I don’t know who they think they are but that was a mistake, that was a huge, huge mistake.
“The biggest mistake is the coach running onto the field and talking to the umpire. I just do not understand the coach, he is a senior figure in those rooms. Rishabh Pant was calling them off. They wanted to walk off. For me, that was unacceptable and I hope I never ever see that again in the game of cricket because that’s not why we play cricket and not how we play cricket,” he added.
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