Yesterday, the IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab faced an unprecedented and witty situation at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The match came to a brief halt after the 14th over of RCB’s innings.
And, the reason will chuckle you. The umpire asked, ‘Where’s the ball?’. Later, bowler and the batsmen in unison asked the same but no one on the field could track the ball. It all started when KXIP pacer Ankit Rajpoot asked his teammates to pass the ball in order to bowl the 15th over. But, no one finds the ball.
Skipper Ravichandran Ashwin came towards the field umpire, Shamshuddin, to quiz him over the missing ball. Unfortunately, the umpire, too, was at a loss of words. Later, the second umpire, Bruce Oxenford joined the scene and the fourth umpire came running onto the field with a box of new balls.
However, commentators, who were watching the entire scene in amusement generated humour out of it. The mystery solved when replay moment showed that umpire Shamshuddin was caught on camera pocketing the ball during the strategic break.
Watching the replay, the umpire realized and promptly returned the ball to Ankit Rajpoot. Netizens found the hilarity to be extreme and started with their funny updates. One user called it similar to Gully cricket and another user calls the umpire a magician.
Manchu Vishnu Ridicules ‘Scared of KCR’ Comments
But, the actor who forayed into politics hasn’t spell out his opinion on student suicides in Telangana while the opposition is protesting and agitating against Intermediate board and state government for the irregularities. Mohan Babu, being an educationalist, runs his organizations both in Telangana and AP. While the prime parties in AP – TDP and Jana Sena- made an appeal to Telangana government to take necessary action immediately, Mohan Babu and his party (YSRCP) are tightlipped about it.
Though the debate and protests on the issue are still on, a response from YSRCP is highly unlikely, and it is further highlighting their partnership with TRS which started off with an official meeting between KTR-Jagan ahead of polls.
But, an interesting part of the story would be Manchu Manoj’s tweet. The actor, recently, seconded CM Naidu’s tweet in which the TDP chief urged the youngsters to make their parents and nation proud with their knowledge. Supporting Naidu’s statement, Manoj said: ‘Life is not just about education. Hope all the students and parents stop prioritizing and stressing on educational ranks at least now.’
Off late, amid growing criticism on movie stars for not reacting to the issue, Manchu Vishnu today came up with a tweet: “It’s unfortunate and horrible that we have lost 20 brothers and sisters because of the mistakes and our deepest condolences lie with their families. I strongly believe that if the Govt does not react to this heinous act, then it surely attracts criticism. We live in a democracy, and as far as I know @KTRTRS is a very proactive and pro student politician & yes Mr. KCR is known to be a firebrand but for a reason and he isn’t a dictator. So instead of blaming the T Govt, I would stress on concentrating first to know the real cause.”
“Some factions are also stating that the film fraternity are ‘scared’ of Mr. KCR and I’d like to say that these people have a great imagination. There is no truth to this. My concern lies primarily in finding the reasons first so we can prevent such an atrocity in the future.”