India D had managed to scalp both openers Sai Sudharsan and Ruturaj Gaikwad in relatively quick succession agfter an opening stand of 64 to bring themselves back into the contest while defending 243. Iyer took the opportunity to introduce Axar into the attack against the freshly arrived Rajat and the decision appeared to pay dividends ultimately when the left-arm spinner trapped Patidar in front of the stumps in the 22nd over. The right-handed batter had missed the line as the ball drifted in with the angle from around the stump but much to his fortune, the umpire refused to send him walking for a scoure of four given there had been two noises as the ball had hit the pad. Nevertheless, Iyer was confident they had their man and sent the decision upstairs where replays showed that the red cherry had struck the pad and inside edge of the willow almost simultaneously, rendering ultra edge rather menaingless. After analyzing all relevant angles carefully, the TV umpire eventually came to the decision that there was no gap between bat and ball, thus staying with the on-field decision.

Iyer could not believe what had transpired as he walked to the umpires on the field and asked for justification. The Indian star even went so far as to shadow the incident to explain why the ball could not have hit the bat but his pleas fell on deaf ears, much to Twitterati’s amusement.