India batsman Shubman Gill has been fined 100 percent of his match fee for showing dissent against the umpire in Ranji Trophy match between Punjab and Delhi. The incident took place when Shubman Gill was batting on only 10 and was adjudged caught behind off the bowling of Subodh Bhati.
However, he refused to walk off the field and also vented his frustration on the umpire. Reports suggest that Gill had also abused the umpire and to everyone’s utter surprise, the umpire overturned the decision and thus the batsman was reinstated.
But Delhi players were unhappy with the umpire’s decision and their captain Nitish Rana also walked up to the official to question the decision. Things got out of hands, and the match referee had to intervene. After an interruption of nearly 10 minutes, the play resumed.
Delhi team manager Vivek Khurana spoke about the incident. “The straight umpire (Mohammed Rafi) had adjudged Shubman caught behind and the batsman then walked up to the umpire and was seen having an argument asking him to reverse his decision. The straight umpire then consulted the square-leg umpire (Paschim Pathak) and reversed his decision,” Vivek Khurana was quoted as saying by News18.
“Our skipper (Nitish) Rana just asked the umpires as to why they overturned the initial decision. We never walked out. The match referee (Ranganathan) came in and play resumed as usual,” Khurana added.
Shubman Gill’s actions were seen as being against the spirit of cricket. Former Indian skipper Bishan Singh Bedi took to Twitter to speak about the incident.
“This kind of rowdy behavior by anyone is unpardonable-least o all by proposed Capt o India A-no matter how talented no player was ever bigger than the game-example needs setting-let a more balanced person lead India A before the Referee’s intimidated too!” wrote Bedi.
@vijaylokapally & @BCCI-this kind o rowdy behaviour by anyone is unpardonable-least o all by proposed Capt o India A-no matter how talented no player was ever bigger than the game-example needs setting-let a more balanced person lead India A before the Referee’s intimidated too!
— Bishan Bedi (@BishanBedi) January 4, 2020
