SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) suffered their second consecutive defeat of IPL 2022 as they went down fighting to debutants Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 12 runs in a nail-biting encounter.

Chasing 170 for victory, SRH lost their skipper Kane Williamson in the fourth over of the innings. The Kiwi captain smashed a couple of gorgeous boundaries but couldn’t convert his start into a big score, departing for a run-a-ball 16.

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The 31-year-old fell prey to the LSG speedster Avesh Khan while trying to scoop a delivery pitched way outside off stump over short fine leg region. 

Williamson had already collected a boundary on the first ball of that over but his second attempt ended in a misery, with Andrew Tye stationed at short fine-leg completing a diving catch. 

The reason we are talking about Williamson’s dismissal is that for the second game running his wicket has become a huge talking point on social media. 

Avesh Khan to Williamson, OUT
Kane Williamson c Tye b Avesh Khan 16 (16b 1x4 1x6) SR: 100 pic.twitter.com/2OoSWmWmkQ

— Live Cricket Master Updater (@MohsinM55415496) April 4, 2022

After their opening match, the SRH management had filed an official complaint with the BCCI questioning the validity of that relay catch that caused Williamson’s dismissal. 

Unlike the first match, the catch wasn’t the issue here. The point of contention was whether LSG had fielded an extra player outside the 30-yard circle inside the powerplay. 

This was the field setting on the ball that Kane Williamson got out but no one noticed enough to give a no ball.#IPL2022 #BCCI @IPL pic.twitter.com/U1dLYqpb7a

— Aryan Gupta (@AryanCaptures) April 4, 2022

As per rules, maximum two players are allowed to protect the boundary ropes inside the first six overs but the visuals which have been doing rounds on the internet seem to suggest that three LSG players were fielding at the fence at the time of Williamson’s dismissal. 

If that was the case then the delivery on which Willamson got out was illegal and it should have been declared a no-ball. However, neither the match officials nor the SRH batters noticed it. 

@SunRisers please take action
and lodge complaint kane is the most important member of our team his wicket is most important he has been out both times unfairly
due to which we have lost possibly 4 points

— aarush_msdian (@ripdevcric) April 5, 2022

Goenka Premier league?

— tweetstar123 (@tweetstar1213) April 5, 2022

@SunRisers Time to lodge complain again

— Cricket Fanatic (@Loyal_Cricket) April 5, 2022

What was the non striker doing? May be graphics problem....

— RAKESH KUMAR (@RakeshBK9) April 5, 2022

That graphic is wrong
Cameraman problem

— Anshdeep𓃵 (@anshztwitz) April 5, 2022 

Some angry SRH fans are demanding the franchise to file another complaint with the IPL organising committee and this time demand strict action against the concerned match officials. 

It’s true that the graphic showed three fielders outside the ring but still it’s tough to say for sure what happened on the field. It’s quite possible that there was a glitch in the graphic and that’s why nobody complained about that. 

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The umpiring errors are a huge threat to the league’s credibility and the BCCI must take steps to ensure that these things are not repeated in the future.

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