The ongoing Women’s Asia Cup 2024 has seen severe criticism of umpiring.
Poor umpiring has been seen in the ongoing Women’s Asia Cup 2024 in Sri Lanka, which has been severely criticized in the cricket world. Let us tell you that this incident was seen in the 9th UAE vs Pakistan match of the tournament.
In the last over of the powerplay in Pakistan’s run chase against Nepal, Muniba Ali survived a major scare. In this over, striker Ali tried to use her feet to face spinner Heena Hatchandani, but she could not hit the ball properly.
After this, wicketkeeper Tirtha Satish immediately removed the bails, and Muniba Ali tried to pull her foot inside the crease at the time of stumps, but she failed in doing so. And the decision of stump out was sent by on-field umpires Noor Hijra and Vrinda Rathi to the third umpire Gayatri Venugopalan for review. The replay showed that when Satish removed the bails, Muniba’s left foot was on the line.
The umpire watched the replay several times before giving his final decision and found that the player’s leg was within the crease, while when the third umpire gave this decision during the match, this decision was criticized in the cricket world. After this, fans have been seen criticizing this decision through social media.
See how the fans criticized this decision of the umpire
On the other hand, if we tell you the status of this match, then Pakistan has won the match against UAE by 10 wickets. Batting first, UAE set a target of 104 runs for Pakistan to win, which the Pakistani women’s team later achieved in 14.1 overs without losing any wicket. For Pakistan, Gul Ferozza remained unbeaten by scoring 62* and Muniba Ali by scoring 37* runs.