Brainfade second! On-field umpire overrules third umpire in bizarre IPL blunder during RCB vs RR match | Cricket News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Cricket and leisure typically go hand in hand, and the IPL by no means fails to ship its share of quirky moments. During the IPL 2025 conflict between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday, an on-discipline umpire had what gave the impression to be a traditional brainfade.
The incident occurred in the tenth over of Rajasthan’s innings when Krunal Pandya made a loud LBW attraction towards Dhruv Jurel.
The umpire initially raised his finger to sign OUT, however Jurel instantly opted for a evaluation. UltraEdge confirmed a transparent inside edge, prompting the third umpire to overturn the choice.

Interestingly, even earlier than the ultimate verdict got here from upstairs, the on-discipline umpire appeared to appreciate his error and shortly modified the decision to NOT OUT — a uncommon and amusing second of prompt correction on stay TV.

Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal struck spectacular half-centuries to energy Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to a commanding 205/5 towards Rajasthan Royals.

Kohli smashed a fluent 70 whereas Padikkal chipped in with a quickfire 50, the duo stitching collectively a stable 95-run partnership for the second wicket.
Chasing their first residence win of the season, RCB discovered additional momentum in the loss of life overs with essential cameos from Tim David (23) and Jitesh Sharma (20*), serving to the workforce publish their highest residence whole this season.