Srinagar: Angry over the bizarre no-ball call made by third umpire, Sunrisers Hyderabad fans teased Lucknow Super Giant players and mentor Gautam Gambhir with ‘Kohli’ chants.
Sunrisers scored 182 for six against Lucknow Super Giants on Friday. However the home fans were left disappointed at a bizarre no-ball call later in the innings. It happened in the 19th over when Avesh Khan bowled a high full toss delivery to Abdul Samad, who got an inside edge onto his thighs on the pull shot. The no ball was called by the on–field umpire but LSG reviewed the decision.
The 3rd umpire overturned the decision explaining that the batter was slightly crouched leaving Samad and Klaasen bemused.
A delivery later, Klaasen was seen pointing towards the LSG dug out. He was still not happy with that no-ball call, but this time it was the crowd who got involved in it. Apparently, there were some objects thrown towards the LSG dug out.
The members of the LSG team had stood up and head coach Andy Flower was on the ground requiring the on-field umpires to stop the game as they ran towards the dug out to intervene.
Soon, the SRH crowd broke into ‘Kohli, Kohli’ chant as Hyderabad witnessed an ugly scene.
The ‘Kohli’ chant was down to the incident that had unfolded in Lucknow on May 1 where the RCB star was involved in a heated exchange with LSG’s Naveen-ul-Haq and Gautam Gambhir. BCCI had later taken a hefty fine from all three for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct.