Rohit Sharma out or not out vs RR? DRS choice sparks social media debate
Mumbai Indians’ opening batter Rohit Sharma’s DRS name turned an enormous speaking level following their 100-run win over Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 50 of the Indian Premier League 2025 (IPL 2025) on Friday, Could 2 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Rohit obtained a reprieve on 7 after he reviewed an lbw choice on the final second within the second over of the innings.
On the fifth ball of the over bowled by Fazalhaq Farooqui, Rohit utterly missed the supply because it crashed into his pads and was given out on the sphere. Nevertheless, he reluctantly went for the DRS and the ball-tracking know-how discovered the ball to be pitching simply exterior the leg stump, which pressured the on-field umpire to alter his choice and let Rohit proceed his innings.
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Nevertheless, the choice didn’t go down effectively with the followers on social media, who started questioning the umpire for having a bias in the direction of the Mumbai Indians. The replays confirmed 50% of the ball to be pitching exterior leg stump and therefore the choice needed to be overturned.
To be able to hold the on-field choice, greater than 50% of the ball needed to be pitched inside the line of the stumps. Since that wasn’t the case, Rohit was given a reprieve and his innings continued.
Did Rohit go for DRS in time?
One other level of dialogue was the time when Rohit made the gesture of reviewing the choice. After the dismissal, a batter is given 15 seconds to decide on if he needs to evaluation the choice. If it exceeds 15 seconds, he loses the chance to evaluation and has to return to the pavilion.
In Rohit’s case, his fingers started transferring to gesture effectively inside the stipulated 15-second timeframe. His gesture could have been accomplished after the 15 seconds however for the reason that motion of his fingers began earlier than the time ended, he was allowed to take the DRS name.
Rohit made essentially the most of his reprieve as he ended up scoring his third half century of the season, taking part in an innings of 53 (36) with the assistance of 9 fours. He obtained concerned in a large 116-run stand off 71 balls with Ryan Rickelton (61 off 38) which helped MI submit a large complete of 217/2 of their 20 overs and win the match by 100 runs.
