Twitter furious as RCB fall prey to umpiring howler against Mumbai

After a disappointing game against Chennai Super Kings in the IPL opener, Royal Challengers Bangalore locked horns with Mumbai Indians at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday.

Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to field first. Mumbai Indians got off to a good start as Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma racked up 54 runs in just 6.3 overs. Suryakumar Yadav came in and played his shots.

Though Mumbai lost track in the middle overs, Hardik Pandya carried them to 187 runs in 20 overs. In reply, Kohli demoted himself to No.3 and allowed Moeen to open the batting with Parthiv.

Ali went early and Parthiv followed him when the score was 67. Kohli and AB de Villiers forged a good partnership and took the score past 100. Bumrah dismissed Kohli with a bouncer and de Villiers was left to wage a lone battle as Hetmyer and de Grandhomme were dismissed in quick succession.

With 40 required from three overs, de Villiers took Hardik Pandya for 18 runs in the 18th over. However, Bumrah bowled a brilliant 19th over, which brought Mumbai back into the game. RCB needed 17 runs off the last over and Malinga had the ball in his hands.

Though Dube hit him for a six off the very first ball of the over, the veteran held his nerve and conceded only singles in the next four deliveries. RCB needed a six off the last ball to tie the game. Malinga bowled a good final delivery but the umpire failed to spot a front foot no-ball. Replay clearly showed that Malinga overstepped, which was not given a no-ball.

Mumbai won the game in the end by six runs. Virat Kohli and RCB fans were not happy with the result and rightly so.

Here are the best twitter reactions from today's game.

Can't really blame the umpire for not being able to see the line.#NOball #Malinga pic.twitter.com/q4XWsqtvg3

— Nikhil Naz (@NikhilNaz) March 28, 2019

RCB prepared for junior Malinga ( Bumrah ) , Senior Malinga came out of syllabus 😂 #RCBvMI

— Roshan Rai (@RoshanKrRai) March 28, 2019

Umpires waiting for their money rn #MIvsRCB #RCBvMI pic.twitter.com/gTTWAFz1mG

— Avishkar Goel (@its_avigoyal) March 28, 2019

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Umpire meeting Virat Kohli after the match #RCBvMI pic.twitter.com/hLbC9I42EO

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) March 28, 2019

Mukesh Ambani to S Ravi after today’s match. #RCBvMI pic.twitter.com/k7HHp9s81b

— चौकिदार डी.के. (@itsdhruvism) March 28, 2019

Is was no ball. IPL umpiring or gully level umpiring? #RCBvMI pic.twitter.com/7JxmIiAKNA

— Harshvardhan Sinha (@iamahsinha) March 28, 2019

Virat tears into the umpires and rightly so. That was a clear clear no ball. And it could have changed this match. Another controversy. Mankading to overlooking the no ball. @IPL in week one has it all.

— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) March 28, 2019

In an era of so much technology and with so much at stake NO BALLS should never ever be missed .... #JustSaying #IPL2019

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 28, 2019

Last Ball Was No Ball but we are used to it. 😂😂#RCBvMI pic.twitter.com/1coFiE9wWz

— Saiyaara🎩 (@BeingKushSharma) March 28, 2019

Malinga’s last ball was a no-ball....BIG one. Umpire missed it. Colossal error. Unbelievable. #RCBvMI #IPL

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 28, 2019

The umpires when Mumbai do anything wrong #RCBvsMI #noball pic.twitter.com/ZfsJP0jtGz

— Bhaven 🧸 (@Bav89) March 28, 2019

Umpire during the last ball be like #RCBvMI pic.twitter.com/9wjYnkgNTf

— Roshan Rai (@RoshanKrRai) March 28, 2019

Rohit: Just ball like Bumrah and we will win the match.Malinga: Okay.#RCBvMI pic.twitter.com/4CnkrJK3lT

— K H A Y A M 🤡 (@KhayamSays) March 28, 2019

Virat Kohli waiting for the Umpire after the match.#RCBvMI #IPL2019 pic.twitter.com/tmb4Pv1mf8

— ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ (@shubhh_jain) March 28, 2019

It would have been better if Shivam Dube was out on the last ball, seems like that is the only way umpires would have checked the #noball

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) March 28, 2019

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